How to connect phone to Mac desktop with ethernet cord. Ethernet says "Self Assigned IP"

#1

I need to connect my GXP2130 to my MAC desktop with the ethernet cable because my router/modem is too far away.
When I do this, it shows connected but says “Self Assigned IP” and the phone says “network down”
How an I connect my phone to the internet through my computer?

#2

LAN cable to LAN and outgoing cable to PC,
make sure you have DHCP active,
the phone just acts as a switch, it doesn’t change anything, so if you still have problems, you have to look for them in your network,

or use an external switch

#3

You will need to organise for an ethernet lead from the router to the phone or use a wifi extender if your router is a wifi model and plug the telephone and the mac into the back of the wifi extender.

EAX20 from Netgear offers good wifi 6 connectivity. I do not believe that Grandstream do a WiFi extender product in the WiFi line up yet.

#4

What does that mean? Is the distance 8 feet and your cable is 6 feet long?

It sounds like you are trying to share the Mac’s network connection ( WiFi? ) to the GXP2130. That means that the Mac would function as a Hub/Switch/Router. I know that can be done with a Windows PC, but I don’t know if that can be done on a Mac.

Rick