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Loosing access to GS316EP Plus Switch after configuring, GS308's are OK
I have a Firewalla Purple firewall taking care of my connection to the internet and doing DHCP for 4 VLANS. The Firewall is connected to a GS316EP which is then connected to 2) GS308EP's. I have setu...
OK, I think I got it figured out. The GS316EP has a setting for Management VLAN while the GS308EP does not. I had left this setting at VLAN 1 (Default). Changing this setting to VLAN 10 seems to have solved the issue. Now when I plug a PC into a port on any of the 3 switches that is configured for Untagged VLAN 10, I can reach any of the 3 switches as well as have internet access. I am not sure what the PVID on the Trunk Ports should be but I have them set at 10 as well and it seems to be working.
A bit curious but using the NSDT only ever shows the GS316EP, no matter which of the 3 switches I am plugged into. This is not an issue for me since the 3 switches are all configured with static IP's.
Thanks all for the input!
I cannot reach the GS316EP LAN IP from the browser and cannot ping it from the PC. I am not sure on internet connectivity since I loose my connection before getting it fully configured. As I said, the 2) 8-port switches maintain reachability to the LAN IP as well as the ability to get to the internet.
Does my configuration look correct?
Can you elaborate on how to configure what makes up the management VLAN as an untagged network?
Lastly, if this is an inherent problem with these switches, what model would you suggest I go to to actually have a managed switch?
Thanks for your input!
TomEcomm wrote:
I cannot reach the GS316EP LAN IP from the browser and cannot ping it from the PC. I am not sure on internet connectivity since I loose my connection before getting it fully configured. As I said, the 2) 8-port switches maintain reachability to the LAN IP as well as the ability to get to the internet.
in my understanding, your PC does connect to a VLAN (over the security appliance/router) which does come tagged to the GS316EP. You could reach the device, however it won't talk tagged on what does carry the IP address to the switch.
TomEcomm wrote:
Does my configuration look correct?
in my understanding, your PC does connect to a VLAN (over the security appliance/router) which does come tagged to the GS316EP. You could reach the device, however it won't talk tagged on what does carry the IP address to the switch. So the answer is afraid, a no.
TomEcomm wrote:
Can you elaborate on how to configure what makes up the management VLAN as an untagged network?
Lastly, if this is an inherent problem with these switches, what model would you suggest I go to to actually have a managed switch?
With this switch design, I strongly suggest to use an untagged connection for what is handling the switch administration. The switch microcontroller can only interpret untagged frames for the IP addresses. .
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