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Dec 24, 2015

Netgear M4100-D12G -Setting up on my Home Network

I just acquired a used M4100-D12G 10.0.2.13 for my Home Network and am in need of some help to get it setup right. the price was right over getting another GS108T but it is a bit above me, for setup ...

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Rew452

Aspirant

Dec 24, 2015

Thanks, But that is the problem; the manual shows an Initial Setup menu but it does not show it on the device.

How do I get to it?

This next image shows what I see on the System Management screen.

The second image is from the manual.

JohnRo

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 25, 2015

Hi Rew452,

This could be due to firmware revisions that the Initial Setup was removed. All I can say is this is a bit overkill for a home network, but this is workable. What you can do is to skip the Initial Setup part and go directly to changing the IP address, go to page 21 of the manual and configure the management VLAN settings, see below:

As you can see on the image, you can set the IP address of the switch to Static. Make sure that the IP address that you will use is the same range as your network's IP (including subnet mask, gateway should be the IP of your router/DHCP server). You can also choose if you still want the switch to do routing functions, otherwise you can disable it.

Once this is done, you will go to page 58 to configure DHCP server settings.

Hope it helps, let us know if you have more questions.

Thanks,

Rew452
Aspirant
Dec 25, 2015
Hi John,
Merry Christmas! I was indeed surprised to get any reply today. I think something is not right with the loaded software/firmware. Yes, it is overkill but I needed more ports and it was cheaper than buying another GS108T; 12 ports versus 8.

Please don't feel pressured for a quick reply, it is the holidays -Thanks again!

I updated the software to the latest 10.0.2.13 and everything went according to the readme.

I am posting an image of the System Information page which shows all the software, firmware, serial number and boot info.
Can you review it and hopefully send me the proper or direct me to the correct firmware to update this switch, for the correct setup menu.

Rew
- Rew452
  Aspirant
  Dec 26, 2015
  Hi John
  
  Got it to work!
  Before I explain how, let me say either the manual or the firmware needs updating to mutually agree; this was my biggest problem.
  
  Apparently somewhere along the line the System > Management > Initial Setup was removed from the firmware and some sort of Automatic Setup was instituted. Doc's or Firmware needs to be changed.
  
  When I updated to the latest firmware I did not use Device Reboot, I Powered Off then ON. After trying an earlier firmware I saw the Reboot step in the manual, but I used Factory Default since this was a new install.
  
  Anyway, all is well now it picked up my Asus as the DHCP server and setup accordingly after the Reboot.
  
  Thanks again for your help
  
  Rew
  - JennC
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Dec 26, 2015
    Hello Rew452,
    
    We are glad you were able to resolve it. Please feel free to share to the community any suggestions and recommendations you have.
    
    We greatly appreciate your contribution to the community!
    
    Regards,