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egnlsn
Sep 20, 2026Aspirant
GS305E and VLANs
I'm trying to get a GS305E switch configured for VLANs. The VLANs at the port on the router to which this switch is connected are 5 (main one) and 7. I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 ...
StephenB
Sep 20, 2026Guru - Experienced User
egnlsn wrote:I'm trying to get a GS305E switch configured for VLANs. The VLANs at the port on the router to which this switch is connected are 5 (main one) and 7. I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 is the only one available at ports 2-5.
Is the issue that you can't get into the web management page? Or that you need help with the config once you get there?
egnlsn wrote:I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 is the only one available at ports 2-5
Then why are you bringing VLAN 5 to the switch?
If all the client ports on the GS305E are on VLAN 7 then you actually don't need to set up VLANs at all on this switch. All you need to do is to connect to an upstream switch/router port that is untagged and only in VLAN 7.
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