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T_Baker
Sep 07, 2023Aspirant
Managing multiple GS324TP Switches
I want to know the best way to configure multiple Netgear managed switches on the same network in the same physical location. I started with a firewall and a Netgear managed switch. The managed ...
T_Baker
Sep 08, 2023Aspirant
Clarifications for schumaku:
- I had a typo. The IPs start with 192.168.
- The Firewall is configured as:
- X0 LAN 192.168.150.1 255.255.255.0 1Gbps Full Duplex Default LAN
- X0:V151 VPN#1 192.168.151.1 255.255.255.0 VLAN Sub-Interface Equipment
- X0:V152 VPN#2 192.168.152.2 255.255.255.0 VLAN Sub-Interface IoT Devices
- Currently, Port 1 of the first switch is plugged into the X0 interface of the firewall
- Currently, Port 2 of the first switch is plugged into Port 1 of the second switch
- Currently, Port 3 of the first switch is plugged into Port 1 of the third switch
- V151 has computers that need to talk with one another but not the WAN. A handful of LAN terminals need to remotely access 5 of the computers on V151 in order to check logs and access reports.
- V152 has internet-connected devices that talk to one another and to WAN. They have firmware that does not get updated. I don't want them talking to X0 and X0:V151.
Currently, all the wired connections go to patch panels and are randomly plugged into one of the three switches and all of the switches are in their default configurations. I want to rectify this.
The "add switch" feature of my firewall only checks for switches of a single brand (not netgear), so I can't use the firewall interface to setup tagged and untagged ports on each of the switches.
I do not want to console log into each of the switches separately. I'm hoping there is a program that I could use to configure all of the Netgear switches from a single interface.
schumaku
Sep 08, 2023Guru - Experienced User
T_Baker wrote:
The Firewall is configured as:
- X0 LAN 192.168.150.1 255.255.255.0 1Gbps Full Duplex Default LAN
- X0:V151 VPN#1 192.168.151.1 255.255.255.0 VLAN Sub-Interface Equipment
- X0:V152 VPN#2 192.168.152.2 255.255.255.0 VLAN Sub-Interface IoT Devices
This reads like one untagged, plus to tagged VLANs. Difficult to help without knowing more about the firewall brand, model, ...
T_Baker wrote:
I do not want to console log into each of the switches separately. I'm hoping there is a program that I could use to configure all of the Netgear switches from a single interface.
No such tool. Netgear Insight isn't available on these lower-cost Smart managed switches I'm afraid.
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