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Can't access GS116Ev2 after switching Broadcast Forwarding to Hardware Mode
After following the recommendations from the following KM article:
https://kb.netgear.com/31257/Default-IGMP-settings-may-affect-multicast-streams-on-NETGEAR-Web-Managed-Plus-Switches
I w...
After some trial & error, it looks like the switch needs to have a static IP when switching broadcast forwarding to HW mode. I guess that makes sense so the switch knows when it's being addressed as it's no longer "snooping", but this wasn't documented well...
After some trial & error, it looks like the switch needs to have a static IP when switching broadcast forwarding to HW mode. I guess that makes sense so the switch knows when it's being addressed as it's no longer "snooping", but this wasn't documented well...
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