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LoBer
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Mar 31, 2020
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GS308E - Random port stops working

Hi. I have recently purchased two GS308E switches and only one of the two is facing the following issue. During normal usage I randomly loose internet connection. It happens several times a day, b...
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    LoBer
    Apr 07, 2020

    JohnC_V 

     

    It seems the problem went away by disabling "IGMP Snooping Status".

     

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JohnC_V
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 01, 2020

LoBer,

 

Welcome to our community! :)

 

It seems that you were having issues with the ports being dropped randomly. How many devices are connected to the switch? Normally, it just shuts down the port whenever a broadcast storm is being detected on the switch. Does it happen on a specific device? 

 

Regards,

 

John

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