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GS108Ev3 Cannot set VLAN for management interface
I just purchased a GS108Ev3 because I needed some simple VLAN segregation for a small group of machines "down the hall" from my core networking equipment. The switch works great, though there is one ...
Hi chulio,
Welcome to the community! :)
I think this is by design and not a limitation of the GS108Ev3 since its category is a ProSAFE Plus Gigabit switch which adds a configuration layer to the standard unmanaged switch.
For the alternative, I recommend you the GS108Tv2 or GS110TP switches.To know more about the GS108Tv2 and GS110TP switches, check these links below:
GS108Tv2 and GS110TP Product FAQs
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
I found this quote in the manual which is mentioned twice:
[quote]
Do not remove all ports from PVID 1, which is the management PVID. If you remove all ports from PVID 1, you cannot access the switch for management. In such a situation, to recover access to the switch, you must reset the switch to its factory defaults settings.[/quote]
I seriously doubt the switch(family) really operates this way.
My setup:
GS108PEv3 GigabitEthernet1 as Trunk 802.1Q (VLANs: 1T, 4T, 6T, 4093U) PVID: 4093 which is attached to a GS108Tv2 on Gigabit Ethernet1 as Trunk 802.1Q (VLANs: 1T, 4T 6T, 4093U) PVID: 4093
Now, in this setup the management interface of the GS108PEv3 isn't reachable through the link from GS108Tv2 switch. However, other nodes on VLAN 1 on the GS108PEv3 switch on other interfaces ARE reachable! So we can safely assume VLAN1 goes through the link tagged successfully. Only when changing the PVID of the GS108Tv2 to 1 is the management interface accessible again. Now this is quite odd and at this time I am unsure about what is going on. What I strongly suspect is that the GS108PEv3 management interface listens to ALL the untagged (PVID) traffic on every eth-interface whatever the PVID may be!
One can imagine how careless and unsafe this implementation really is. Quite ironic since the name of the series is ProSAFE.
Maybe I will perform some more tests later in the week.
Same problem on JGS524PE.
This "feature" is mandatory, VLAN is useless if you can't secure your installation !
Idem, back to HP / Cisco ...
Welcome to the community! :)
This is by design and not a limitation of the GS108Ev3 switch since its category is a ProSAFE Plus Gigabit switch which adds a configuration layer to the standard unmanaged switch.
Since you find the feature to be mandatory on this switch model, I suggest you to kindly post your concern as a feature request on the Idea Exchange Board for Business here. In this way, the development team can see what feature does users wanted to be added to the functionality of the product. Be reminded that the more kudos given by community members to your feature request will help as the development team will be reviewing the post that has the most kudos and will be considered.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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