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jmail92
Sep 18, 2025Aspirant
GS308Ev4, GS305E - Help with uplinks/downlinks
Could I please have some help or confirmation that I have these setup correctly? I'm weary that they are because I sometimes have trouble connecting to the admin interfaces on these switches. I've ...
jmail92
Sep 18, 2025Aspirant
Thanks for the reply. Ok, bit of clarification. This is a home network. And apologies for using the wrong up/down link terminology. It just made sense to me. Does the above configuration require a management VLAN?
You must ensuite the management or admin "VLAN" must be able to reach these switches on an untagged connection.
So the setup of GS308Ev4-1 for VLAN1 maybe needs to be:
?
StephenB
Sep 19, 2025Guru - Experienced User
jmail92 wrote:This is a home network.
I am wondering why you need all these vlans - can you clarify their purpose?
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