New switch problem

[#1]

Not sure if its really a 'Plusnet' problem but anyway...

I have my 8 port TP switch here, I plugged the ethernet cable from the Openreach box into LAN1 and my PC ethernet into LAN2. I have tried to access the switch via 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.0.1 but there is no connection. PC can't see it. Even when its connected to via the Plusnet box that I want to replace. 

I can't find that you have to have any special IP address to access the thing so I'm a bit stuck in that reguard.

Thanks 

[#2]

If it's just a switch then surely it's dumb and there's nothing to access? What do you see on the network tab on your router when you log into the router on it's IP address of 192.168.1.254 from your PC?

[#3]

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This topic has been moved from Fibre to Tech Help

[#4]

As @Baldrick1 says switches are dumb.
These are normally plugged into the router to expand the number of ports and not replace it.
If you want to replace the PN supplied box you'll need a router, not just a switch.

[#5]

@Pete_uk, @Baldrick1's right, you can only connect a Smart or Managed switch, so what model of TP-Link switch do you have?

[#6]

@Pete_uk 

Expanding on @dvorak  post. What do you mean by Openreach box? Is it just a modem made by ECI or Huawei and therefore needs a router?

[#7]

Hi thanks for all the replies.

The box I refer to is what the phone line goes into, out of which a ethernet cable comes from into the Plusnet box which contains the log in details. Its this Plusnet box I wish to replace with something with more ethernet ports.

Thanks 

[#8]

Most home grade routers only have 4 ethernet ports.
You don't need to replace it though, just plug your new switch into it.
So:

openreach box <-> PN Router <-> Switch