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Originally Posted by nffc
My gut feeling is that you have too much hardware. Is there any need to have that many switches and routers? What I often do is PCs > switch > one router (which handles the communication with the net (or other network) which seems to work. If you have a DC whack the DHCP on that, etc...
I suspect the problem is simply a lack of communication with the dhcp server.
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that was my first thought too, with that extra Linksys 4 port switch , but it depends on the scope of the schools layout.
its very common to run ethernet cable to the ends of the buildings and put a router/switch on the end of it, thus gaining the ability to put another group of PCs/devices on that section, sometimes refered to as a star config, if the distance end to end is larger OC, then you can/must put several routers/switches inline to get were you need to be.
although 3rd party direction wireless arials pluged into 11N MiMo does a very good job these days if your clever and plug several of them into a switch or two on your wired backbone.
putting in place some seperate second LAN/backbone ethernet cabling is a good thing.
but then iv used more than 12 lan PCs/devices at home and wireless LANs to local mates houses before today ,so this mini school network doesnt seem like any problem
