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ifican
Dec 02, 2019Aspirant
JGS524ev2 Loses mgmt ip on reboot
Morning all, have the above switch that simply will not retain its mgmt ip during a reboot. I forgot it was having this issue until i updated the firmware this past weekend. Other then losing its mgmt ip it functions properly. The odd thing is resetting it back to factory most of the time will get it to "find" its mgmt ip but does effectively kill the rest of my configuration. When it refuses to speak to the network (before factory reset) nothing works. The default ip 192.168.0.239 is also unresponsive. However as stated usually holding the reset buttong down (3-5) seconds doesnt always fix it the first time but usually does the second or third. Though as stated it lose all config and that takes more time to fix than i care to usually deal with. Hoping someone has some insight into what issue may be.
Your JGS524Ev2 has a config for the managment VLAN?
Again, if you have multiple VLANs and there are DHCP servers the JGS524Ev2 can pick up IP addresses on any VLAN...
No Windows or MacOS system at hand to try the Netgear switch discovery utility? It might be informative for you.
Alternate, check the DHCP server(s) log for assigned IP addresses and the switch MAC.
7 Replies
- schumakuGuru - Experienced User
Have configured multiple VLANs where more then one has a DCHP server active?
Is the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool able to discover the switch if aparently unreachable on the VLAN you try to connect it? If yes: What IP address does it show?
- ificanAspirant
The switch cannot be reached in this state. The configured mgmt via statically assinged dhcp is 192.168.5.173. My suspicion is the dhcp engine doesnt start or has other fatal error on reboot. When in this state the configured ip or the default 192.168.0.239 is inaccessable even directly connected to the switch. All other traffic passes correctly even currently configured vlans.
- schumakuGuru - Experienced User
So multiple VLANs and not answered any of my questions. The point here is that these Smart Managed Plus switches (except e.g. the XSxxxEM) can't have a management VLAN configured and the switch is able to (and will!) pick up a DHCP address on any VLAN ....
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