Static IP Configuration on Stacked M5300-28G Switches

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Hi there&nbsp;We purchased a couple of M5300-28G switches a few years back.&nbsp; NETGEAR came in and configured them into a stack for us.&nbsp; The stack originally picked up an IP address from our DHCP server.&nbsp; We're currently replacing our server environment and would like to set a static IP address, but we're having trouble figuring out where to do that...&nbsp;We've looked all through the settings but can only find reference to the default IP in the Network Interface Configuration, 169.254.100.100.&nbsp; We can't locate the settings for how it acquires an IP or where to set it manually anywhere.&nbsp; I assume this is something to do with how the switches are configured as a stack maybe?&nbsp;Would anyone be able to point us in the right direction please?&nbsp;Kind regards&nbsp;Dan

JohnRo · Answer

Hello&nbsp;SJHCVA,&nbsp;
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I believe you need to look at the DHCP Server Settings. You'll have the option to enable or disable&nbsp;DHCP server settings of the switch. Please see page 86 of the&nbsp;User Manual. &nbsp;If you want to change the management IP of the switch, see page 25 (Configuring management VLAN).&nbsp;
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Let us know if this helps.&nbsp;
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Thanks,&nbsp;

SJHCVA · Answer

Many thanks for your reply. &nbsp;Unfortunately I'd already been over those pages but didn't find them very useful :(&nbsp;The DHCP is already turned off, as I think it should be, since our DC does our local LAN IP distribution?&nbsp;When I look at page 25 I'm unable to locate the "Initial Setup" menu item it refers to:&nbsp;And on the specific network configuration screen for IPv4 it states the default IP address, which does still work if you match the range on the machine you're trying to access it from. &nbsp;But it also works with the address we've assigned it via a reservation in the DHCP&nbsp;settings&nbsp;on the DC. &nbsp;I cannot find any reference to this local IP address anywhere on the switch settings, which is strange isn't it?&nbsp;I've been able to configure our 25 other switches (GS724T's, GS748T's, GS748TP's and some GS110TP's) with static IPs, I just can't figure this stack out...&nbsp;Kind regards&nbsp;Dan

JohnRo · Answer

Hello SJHCVA,&nbsp;

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Sorry it took a little time for me to get back to your. I did a little search and found out that the M5300 and M4100 switches are using device IP and management IP separately. This is very different from the other switches that you have&nbsp;&nbsp;(GS724T's, GS748T's, GS748TP's and some GS110TP's). I have found a forum conversation that has some explanation regarding this. I hope this would put some sense to what I'm saying. Please see the conversation&nbsp;here.&nbsp;

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Thanks,&nbsp;

JohnRo · Answer

Hi&nbsp;SJHCVA,&nbsp;

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Thanks,&nbsp;

SJHCVA · Answer

Hi JohnRo&nbsp;Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.&nbsp; We've had a bit of a nightmare senario going on here which has involved us rebuilding our entire domain network from scratch, including over 350 machines and 100 software titles etc.&nbsp; We're just working through the last few batches of machines now, so I've had a little bit of time to look at this again.&nbsp;I had a quick read through the thread you linked, but I'm still unsure on what I need to do exactly.&nbsp; At the moment I've just changed the IP address by using reservations on our DHCP, but if that DHCP goes down and the switches are powered off, I'm not sure what would happen to the wireless network.&nbsp; I would assume all routing to the outside world would cease...&nbsp;You'd think it would be fairly easy to set a static IP on these things wouldn't you...&nbsp; I think I mentioned above, we've done this across our entire range of NETGEAR switches already, it's just this one device that's causing us some head scratching :)&nbsp;Kind regards&nbsp;Dan&nbsp;&nbsp;

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