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IEEE 802.3ad on GSS116E as advertised?
The new GSS116E switch (not old GS116E) is advertised as supporting IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation standards. Note that my Synology NAS does not support the proprietary Netgear-LAG mode, and requir...
Hi Eaglehawk,
The GSS116E switch only supports static LAG (see datasheet) compared to the GS108T which is a smart managed switch which has static LAG and LACP support. See instructions on enabling LAG on the datasheet, please click here.
Thanks,
I too was mislead by this specification under the assumption that IEEE 802.3ad includes LACP in its specification.
Neither could I find any clarity on whether the "IEEE 802.3ad" spec inherently includes LACP.
If stating "IEEE 802.3ad" compliancy inherently includes LACP then I would say that being advertised as IEEE 802.3.ad compliant for the GSS116E is false advertising. You cannot say that it is compliant if it cannot fulfill all the aspects of the standard.
Used to own an old GSM7224 which finally went kaboom and thought that this would be a good quiet, lower power usage, replacement for my home use. Felt swindled by Netgear when I went to configure the GSS116E and realised that Dynamic aggregation was not supported.
I'll just put it down to, Cavet Emptor should have RTFM to make sure it does support something implicitly.
Lucky for me I could configure my server for static aggregation so all was not lost. Otherwise it would have gone straight back.
Ultimately this just leaves me with a bad impression of Netgear, trust lost so will probably avoid in future purchases.
so i´m the next one who got mislead.
infact of that miscommunication and false report in marketing, i will exchange all the netgear hardware in office (GS116Ev2, JGS524Ev2) an put it on the shopping black list.
u stole 2-3 h of my time in the office, to figure out the problem u gave me.
Bye, cu never again.
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