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ubiq1er
Tutor
Mar 12, 2021

Let's talk about switches and ping

Hi,   Recently bought an additional GS108PEv3 switch to power up some Access Points. I accessed to its management interface to configure it (Static Ip, VLAN settings,...) After that, I put it whe...
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ubiq1er
Tutor
Mar 13, 2021

Thank you for your answer.

Attached, you'll find 3 pictures to show you all the config.

 

I probably found the reason why PC B didn't answer to ping => ICMP was off in its Firewall settings; so, this point is not an issue anymore..
I still have no idea why I can't ping my 8 port switch, nor access to its management interface from afar (I must be directly plugged in one of its physical ports to do so).

 

I tried to access the management interface in VLAN ID 10, like illustrated on my attached picture; but I tried on VLAN ID 1 too, with other physical ports, thinking that VLAN ID 1 (default) was maybe the management VLAN (but after some reserach in this forum, there seems not to be such a VLAN on this model; management interface should be accessible through all VLANs).

 

I'm probably missing something trivial, but I just don't see it...

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ubiq1er
Tutor
Mar 16, 2021

So, is the configuration of my VLANs ok ?

Still no access to my GS108PEv3 Management Interface switch, when I'm not directly plugged on it.
Where should I look next ?

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    ubiq1er
    Tutor
    Mar 16, 2021

    Ok, it was partially my fault.

    I thought I had tried to access my switch through VLAN1, but had picked the wrong cable.
    So to access my switchs web administration page, I have to :
    - Put my PC on the same subnet as the static IP of my GS180PEv3 switch (of course)

    - Plug the cable of my PC directly in a physical port of my GS108PEv3 switch - In this case any port - any VLAN works.

    - Plug the cable of my PC in any switch of my network, but in a physical port belonging to VLAN 1.

     

    So VLAN1 seems to be default management VLAN for my GS108PEv3 switch, after all.

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