factory reset, then: admin/password does not work/password does workadmin does workadmin/1234 does work ProSafe utilty cannot be installed on MaProSafe utility does not even install on Windows (at leat, not on mine) So how to login on this device?

All right, my first guess was wrong - this looks like an initial or very early GS105Ev2" switch 8-) From how I read the initial firmware 1.2.0.5 had no Web UI - it was added with GS105Ev2 Firmware Version 1.3.0.1 :===New Features & Enhancements:Supports Web GUI management.Using the Download Link below, download and extract the new firmware to a convenient place such as your desktop. The filename after extracting is GS105Ev2_V1.3.0.1.bin=== Looks li it's time to make the **** utiltiy workable on your Windows 10 system.

Cannot login on GS105eV2 | NETGEAR Communities

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 12, 2020
Where is the idea coming from there is a username and a password required?

Head to https://www.netgear.com/support/ type in the model (suggestions are provided) and head to the documentation FMI.

Accessing the switch IP web UI on the port 80 by http, a clear prompt for a Password (in a Web form!) will show up, something like this:

The model of your switch is really a GS105Ev2 (Web and utility manageable) or the much older GS105E (utility-manageable only)?

Start with the Netgear Switch Discovery Tool (available for MacOS and Windows) to discover the switch on your LAN. Be aware that the discovery works regardless of the IP subnet of the switch is configured to. Does the switch not pick-up a DHCP address from the LAN, does the switch default to http://192.168.0.239 - to be able to reach the Web UI the computer interface must be manually configured to the 192.168.0.0/24 (255.255.255.0) subnet, use a random IP like .123 for example.
- eblot
  Aspirant
  Dec 13, 2020
  > Where is the idea coming from there is a username and a password required?
  Well, after having search on Netgear web site which password is supposed to work, I end up trying all the password for all the Netgear devices as none did work.
  
  So step-by-step:
  - macOS 11.0.1 (also tried with Windows 10 64bits without any luck, just for info)
  - GS105eV2 is not connected to any LAN or server, only to the Mac (I tried different switch port, same results, just for info). It is a GS105eV2 version, as written on the back sticker:
  sticker
  - I've factory reset the switch several times (seeing all the led flashing simultaneously green after about 6 seconds)
  - Mac Ethernet port configured as static IP, as follows:
  en8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=50b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV,CHANNEL_IO> inet 192.168.0.210 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control,energy-efficient-ethernet>) status: active
  - using the latest downloadable "NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool", Version 1.2.102 (1.2.102), which sees the manageable switch as follows:
  discovery
  - the switch is discovered on the expected address
  - clicking on "ADMIN PAGE" button gives:
  login
  - the user is prompted for a *login* and a password. I let it blanck initially, as as "password" which is supposed to be the default password, I tried many times, and ended up trying "admin" and other Netgear default logins without luck. So here, I've entered "password" (all lower cases), and the browser displays the same login again and again, as the password is rejected.
  - I tried with Chrome, after Safari - same issue, password is not recognized
  - I tried from the command line, just so that you can see that I do use "password" and nothing else:
  eblot@thurso ~/Downloads [6]> wget --http-user='' --http-password=password http://192.168.0.239/ --2020-12-13 18:18:06-- http://192.168.0.239/ Connecting to 192.168.0.239:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Authentication selected: Basic realm="Switch" Connecting to 192.168.0.239:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Username/Password Authentication Failed. eblot@thurso ~/Downloads [6]> wget --http-user= --http-password=password http://192.168.0.239/ --2020-12-13 18:18:11-- http://192.168.0.239/ Connecting to 192.168.0.239:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Authentication selected: Basic realm="Switch" Connecting to 192.168.0.239:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Username/Password Authentication Failed. eblot@thurso ~/Downloads [6]> wget --http-password=password http://192.168.0.239/ --2020-12-13 18:18:18-- http://192.168.0.239/ Connecting to 192.168.0.239:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Username/Password Authentication Failed.
  You can see that there is no intermediate device between the Mac and the switch, as the Mac knows about the switch mac address:
  eblot@thurso ~/Downloads [6]> arp 192.168.0.239 ? (192.168.0.239) at 20:c:c8:41:a1:39 on en8 ifscope [ethernet]
  At this point what should I do?
  Regards.
  - schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 13, 2020
    Looks all fine, except of the wget test - this is a Web form, not a http basic auth header - which can't succeed.
    
    Reads or feels like a browser compatibility thing to me.