Question about ethernet switch

[all4dom 101]

Hi Guys. Im trying to help a friend of mine get his network setup but he was running into some problems. He was trying to hook up a netgear fs 108 8port ethernet switch to his cable modem directly and nothing was working. I read that a ethernet switch needs to be hooked up to a router to share an ip. He has a norton core but he is not happy with it so he wanted to not use it. Can a switch be hooked up to a network extender then plugged into a cable modem or would he have to use a router as a middle man.

 

Thanks

Dom

 

[Guest asrequested]

What modem does he have? Is it a router, too? If it's just a modem, then he needs a router.

Edited January 31, 2018 by Doofus

[all4dom 101]

Hey doofus...long time no talk. It's only a cable modem....no router. From what I read a switch will.not work directly plugged into a modem but I was wondering if a WiFi extender would work inste ad of a router. He hates his Norton core router & does not want to use that.

[Guest asrequested]

You can't hook a modem directly to a switch.

 

Modem > router > switch

Edited January 31, 2018 by Doofus

[all4dom 101]

Could a WiFi network extender substitue for a router?

[Guest asrequested]

No. You need a router if you want internet access.

[Guest asrequested]

If the switch is new, just take it back and get a router. They have switches built in.

[mastrmind11 722]

And never use a consumer grade wifi extender.  They're single band pieces of s*** meaning they have to either send or receive.  

 

And yes, just get a real router.  The ASUS stuff is pretty solid and easy to configure.  Or you could go Unifi