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GS108E shows 'Located on IP Network' value that is the same as the IP of my desktop PC ???
To avoid unrelated questions, I have removed all other items from my network. Everything has been rebooted from a cold start.
My modem/router is configured at 10.0.0.138 and has its DHCP server enabled. I have my desktop PC connected to one output of the router, and it is assigned an address of 10.0.0.253. I have a GS108Ev2 connected to a second output of the router. It has DHCP enabled, and is assigned 10.0.0.22 by the router. A printer is connected to the switch, it gets assigned an address of 10.0.0.61, and everything works as expected.
My concern (question) is that when I run the switch Configuration Utility, it shows the switch details correctly, except for the last column 'Located on IP Network' where it shows 10.0.0.253, which is the address of my PC. By my understanding, that isn't even a (the) network address. What is that column intended to show? And how come my PC's address is there?
As I said, everything appears to work correctly, but I don't like it when I can't explain something - especially when it has to do with networks!
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Sailor1945 wrote:
My concern (question) is that when I run the switch Configuration Utility, it shows the switch details correctly, except for the last column 'Located on IP Network' where it shows 10.0.0.253, which is the address of my PC. By my understanding, that isn't even a (the) network address. What is that column intended to show? And how come my PC's address is there?
This designation of "Located on IP network" is just confusing. Of course it's not a network address - much more the utility does indeed show the IP address of the PC adapter connecting to the IP subnet from where the switch is discovered.
Sailor1945 wrote:
Thanks schumaku, but I'm afraid NSDT 1.2.103 doesn't find my switch at all.
NDST is technically much less challenging than the legacy utility which requires the installation of a low level packet driver for the obsolete Adobe Flash environment allowing access the network using the not very secure NSDP Netgear Switch Discovery (and admin) protocol.
Could be firewall, network location or certain Internet security potentially blocking.
You can always use the switch IP address as seen in the router DHCP table for example to access the switch from a Web browser.
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- Maybe a bug?
The ProSAFE Plus Utility is no longer maintained and supported for various reasons. Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool (NSDT) for discovery and the local device Web UI. It's not the switch which could show misleading information, much more the named obsolete utility.
Thanks schumaku, but I'm afraid NSDT 1.2.103 doesn't find my switch at all. I've attached a snapshot of the ProSafe window in question.
Sailor1945 wrote:
My concern (question) is that when I run the switch Configuration Utility, it shows the switch details correctly, except for the last column 'Located on IP Network' where it shows 10.0.0.253, which is the address of my PC. By my understanding, that isn't even a (the) network address. What is that column intended to show? And how come my PC's address is there?
This designation of "Located on IP network" is just confusing. Of course it's not a network address - much more the utility does indeed show the IP address of the PC adapter connecting to the IP subnet from where the switch is discovered.
Sailor1945 wrote:
Thanks schumaku, but I'm afraid NSDT 1.2.103 doesn't find my switch at all.
NDST is technically much less challenging than the legacy utility which requires the installation of a low level packet driver for the obsolete Adobe Flash environment allowing access the network using the not very secure NSDP Netgear Switch Discovery (and admin) protocol.
Could be firewall, network location or certain Internet security potentially blocking.
You can always use the switch IP address as seen in the router DHCP table for example to access the switch from a Web browser.
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