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GS305E Setup VLAN's from behind the switch
The PC used to configure the switch permanently resides downstream of the switch, on a VLAN, and MGMT VLAN that is not 1. It becomes a chicken & egg problem where you will be constantly locked out an...
Let's work on the nomenclature a little bit.
- On a trunk (no matter if we talk of a single physical link, or of a LAG), one VLAN can be carried as [U]ntagged VLAN, and many more can carry multiple [T]aged VLANs.
- The simple IP stack does not make a difference between these VLANs. Any untagged frames flowing over the switch can reach the admin IP address, regardless which VLAN the traffic does arrive on.
- There is no way to configure any kind of a Management VLAN, Simply because there is no managed core on most of these simple Plus switches.
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