Networking Help?

[Incinerator]

I'm trying to set up an ubisensor system and I have all the sensors set up, but I cant seem to get them to pull an IP address.

is how it is supposed to be set up and right now I have all the sensors connected to a Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL and the lights on the switch are green so I'm assuming its not the switch or cable. I also have my computer connected to the switch, it has all the software that is needed, but I dont know what the issue is.

These are the 2 possible issues that are listed in the quick start guide for the system.

· The Ubisensor is not plugged into the network - check the network cable
· The network does not have a correctly configured DHCP server available - refer to the networking section for more information.

Also, another question, theres an ethernet port labeled console on the back of the switch...any idea if that might be important to this set up?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Is there a DHCP service running on this network?

 

[Incinerator]

yes

 

[Malk-a-mite]

Is there a DHCP service running on this network?

Is it running, does it have available IPs in the scope, if the switch is on another subnet - do you need to enable DHCP helper on the switch/router in between the DHCP server device and where your sensors live?