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GS308e still has DHCP bug :(
I just ran into a painful issue (painful because it is NOT obvious, and is only solved by on-premise activity.) My less-than-one-year-old nice new GS308e smart switch "permanently" disappeared (from...
PapaPeteH wrote:
From previous discussions, the problem is that if the switch can't see a DHCP server for 2+ hours, it reverts to a default configuration and never tries again. That's quite obviously a serious problem.
For the moment, from what i understood, it's a design decision for the simplistic dhcpd.
The similar implemented Smart Managed Plus Switches eg. GS110EMX, GS108E or GS105PE we're operating with the disabled dhcp (read a static IP config) remain nicely workable in my deployments. But I admit the other Plus switches here with dhcp remain reachable, due to a rock solid network and dhcp environment, too.
PapaPeteH wrote:
From previous discussions, the problem is that if the switch can't see a DHCP server for 2+ hours, it reverts to a default configuration and never tries again. That's quite obviously a serious problem.
For the moment, from what i understood, it's a design decision for the simplistic dhcpd.
The similar implemented Smart Managed Plus Switches eg. GS110EMX, GS108E or GS105PE we're operating with the disabled dhcp (read a static IP config) remain nicely workable in my deployments. But I admit the other Plus switches here with dhcp remain reachable, due to a rock solid network and dhcp environment, too.
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