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GS108Tv3 cannot use local login with internet access
I just purchased a few GS108Tv3 switches and am not liking this web connected stuff. The new v3 has some features that are helpful to me over the v2 but in trying to set it up I discovered you cannot...
Firmware Version V7.0.1.20 released a few days ago fixes this issue: GS108Tv3 Firmware and Software Downloads
I updated all my GS108Tv3 and verified. Here are the Release Notes
Tuna
Hm, to new - no experience here with these new GS108Tv3, GS110TPv3 - but plenty of Smart Managed Cloud (Insight) switches (GCxxx) deployed in the field.
Unless they derived from the basic design of the Smart Managed Cloud (Insight) Switches, there is a local-only web browser-based management GUI, with a local configuration - and no could link at all. Even in the cloud config, there is an admin password pushed - which does allow the local login, no cloud login or the like required.
By rule of thumb, just plug the systems to a network with a DHCP server [or for the sake of it without DHCP try just one, they listen on the default 192.168.0.239/24], open a browser session to the assigned IP address, and configure the switch - that's probably not what the installation guide says, which is fully App and cloud oriented.
As long as you don't enable the Insight management mode (being by using the Insight App [or Insight Pro]) or change the management mode on the switch, I would expect these behave like any other "normal" Web managed Netgear Smart Managed Pro [or Plus] switch.
The GS108Tv3 and GS110TPv3 Data Sheet does clearly show "Local-only web browser-based management GUI".
I configured the switch initially with no internet access and changed the password. The unit it set to local authentication (not the cloud one). As soon as it's connected to a network with internet access, i'm forced to create a netgear account and can't login locally anymore. If I use my netgear account, i can see the device is still set to local but there doesn't seem to be a way to login.
joejoe5 wrote:
As soon as it's connected to a network with internet access, i'm forced to create a netgear account ...
That's more for the registration I _hope_.
joejoe5 wrote:
...and can't login locally anymore. If I use my netgear account, i can see the device is still set to local but there doesn't seem to be a way to login.
No simple password prompt like this?
If not, they will make a lot of customers unhappy.... IphieChen YeZ Christian_R !
Doesn't look good ... https://kb.netgear.com/000060697/GS108Tv3-GS110TPv3-Firmware-Version-7-0-0-16 does talk of "Netgear account Single Sign On" ... bugger, nice in a way, but also not what many customers prefer.
The only way to get this fixed is to complain I guess. We started here, hopefully netgear reps will see it.
Next is to complain to my vendor who i'm sure can pass it along to the netgear sales rep.
I definately agree it's going to make a lot of customers unhappy. It's made me quite unhappy.
When i setup the switch offline for the first time, i see this:
after login, i always get this message
and then the management info:
After configuring the switch and putting it on a network with DHCP and internet access, this is what I see to login:
I had to create the account (I created a dummy account) which has registered/linked the device to this dummy user. If I login, it redirects to a internet URL and once i'm in the switch, I see everyting is still set to local:
I have a bunch more switches to configure and more on order but this is ridiculous. I don't want my switches talking to netgear! there has to be a way around this.
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