Odd Switch Problem

[Arinoth]

I recently changed rooms in the same residence that i live in and i now find that only 1 of my 2 devices can use the internet at once. I am using the same switch i was using in the other room and did not have this issue, and since both have unique and different IP address i haven't the foggiest why whenever i log into XBL on my 360 my pc loses its internet connection but still has a valid ip address.

[Zero82z]

Do you have any other services based on the school network like a VPN or remote drive that you can connect to to see if you also can't access that? Also, are your IP addresses configured manually or obtained through DHCP? If they are manually configured, try setting everything to DHCP and see if you are assigned new IPs.

If possible, also try another computer (not the 360) on the switch at the same time as your desktop and see if the same issue happens with that, or if it's only caused by logging onto XBL.

[Arinoth]

Both IP addresses are obtained through DHCP. I have heard that supposedly if the school routers detect more then one device on the connection it shuts off the connection until only 1 device is accessing it but in my old room i could use 2 devices and in this is one it only kicks my pc off.

[JD]

Perhaps the person in the room before you was a major download hog, so the port is limited?

[sswilson]

Were you by any chance behind a router in the other room, and in this room your switch is plugged directly into the mdm? I know the rogers mdms will only offer an IP to one mac address at a time (without a switch it requires the modem to be power cycled to recognise the new device) and it sounds like that's what's happening here. If you were connected through a router in the other room then it was doing the DHCP for more than one device.

[Arinoth]

Nope both were through a switch