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Kurr
Tutor
Jul 11, 2022

Netgear GS728TP - POE Faults Again on Four Switches

My company provides IT support and management for multiple clients.  One of the clients in particular has a robust setup of 11 switches across five buildings.  They all consist of Netgear 728TP and N...
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JeraldM
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 11, 2022

Hi Kurr,

 

You can go to Monitoring > Ports > Cable Test and test the affected ports, you may refer to page 468 of the user manual here to check the description of the cable status.

 

Also, you can check the logs by going to Monitoring > Logs > Memory Log.

 

 

Regards,

 

JeraldM

NETGEAR Community Team

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Kurr
Tutor
Jul 11, 2022

Thanks for the information on where to look, but I am a little ignorant of the Cable Testing section.  It seems there is not valid documentation on how to fully use it.  Can I just login to the switch GUI and select the port(s) I feel may be an issue and click test?  Also can I do this in a live environment without any drops?

 

Thanks!

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