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sclawrenc
Jan 27, 2021Apprentice
3 GS108T v2 Switches Connecting to pfSense Lan
Hello, I recenlty picked up some used Netgear GS108T v2 switches (running latest firmware 5.4.2.33) to go along with my recently built pfSense firewall running on a HP 730t with an Intel quad por...
sclawrenc
Jan 27, 2021Apprentice
Thanks again.
How do I define a
The default state for these switches is Spanning Tree State set to Disable with BPDU Flooding also Disable. Are you saying I could try leaving the Spanning Tree State to Disabled and then Enable BPDU flooding?
I'm not 100% sure where I would define a priority aka ID of 32768 on this switch. Do you know where this is?
schumaku
Jan 27, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Switching -> STP -> Global Settings ... Revision Level or ID (all from wally brain)
- sclawrencJan 29, 2021Apprentice
Thanks again for your help. I also found the below post where Flash008 gave some instructions on how to resolve it (basically like you mentioned), and it seems to be working.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBK53-ethernet-backhaul-issue/td-p/1505888
Do those steps seem about right? I know just enought to be dangerous with STP. :)
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