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GS105Ev2 not getting IP Address from DHCP
I have a GS105Ev2 that I plugged into my network today. All I have plugged into that is the cable to another switch and my laptop. My laptop gets an IP address from DHCP (192.168.87.43) just fine but the switch has the factory default (192.168.0.239). When I try to browse to http://192.168.0.239 it fails (as I expect it would). The NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool does see it but I can't get to it. I've rebooted and factory reset many times and it won't pick up a different address.
I tried re-IPing my laptop to 192.168.0.210 as suggested in the manual and disconnected the switch from my network. The NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool does see it but I can't get to it.
I guess I have two problems:
1. The switch isn't getting its configuration from DHCP
2. I can't browse to the switch even when I set my laptop's IP address to be on the same network as the switch
The switch seems to work fine otherwise.
Any ideas?
Here's what I had to do once I figured out the issue was some jacked up firmware:
1. Install ProSAFE Plus Configuration Utility on a windows system
2. manually configure the laptop to use 192.168.0.210; netmask of 255.255.255.0
3. Download the latest firmware from: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/GS105Ev2.aspx#download
4. Apply the firmware using ProSAFE Plus Configuration Utility
5. Factory reset the switch
I was then able to browse to the switch and use the default password (password) to get in.
Thanks to everyone that helped.
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jrmckins wrote:My laptop gets an IP address from DHCP (192.168.87.43) just fine but the switch has the factory default (192.168.0.239). When I try to browse to http://192.168.0.239 it fails (as I expect it would).
You can't reach the 192.168.0.239/24 IP address because your LAN subnet is configured to 192.168.87.0/24 - two different IPv4 subnetworks.
jrmckins wrote:The NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool does see it but I can't get to it. I've rebooted and factory reset many times and it won't pick up a different address.
The discovery does work on a different protocol - it can discover switches (while connected to the same LAN or broadcast domain). As explained above, the Netgear Switch Discovery Tool does use IPv4 to connect, resp. call a web browser with the discovered IP.
jrmckins wrote:I tried re-IPing my laptop to 192.168.0.210 as suggested in the manual and disconnected the switch from my network. The NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool does see it but I can't get to it.
Double check the subnet is set to 192.168.0.0/24 (255.255.255.0) - if there is a smaller mask, the IP connection might fail again because of potentially multiple IP subnets again.
To exclude the impossible, try another port; try another network cable, ...."You can't reach the 192.168.0.239/24 IP address because your LAN subnet is configured to 192.168.87.0/24 - two different IPv4 subnetworks."
Yes, I even stated I didn't expect that to work.
That's also the problem, why is it 192.168.0.239 and not getting an address from DHCP???
"Double check the subnet is set to 192.168.0.0/24 (255.255.255.0)"
I did.
I also tried multiple cables/ports. It's not working with DHCP.
One more idea (silly me checked the GS108Ev2 before): Does the discovery tool show a switch firmware version version number before 1.3.0.1? Reson asking is because of very early firmware (1.2.x.x) does not come with a Web GUI, and it was mainly an early factory firmware. In this case (I hope you have a Windows system at hand!), you need to go the hard way and use the ProSAFE Plus Configuration Utility _before_ the curent 2.7.2, e.g. https://kb.netgear.com/000051197/ProSAFE-Plus-Configuration-Utility-v2-5-3 for backward compatibility.
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