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egnlsn
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Sep 20, 2026
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GS305E and VLANs

I'm trying to get a GS305E switch configured for VLANs.  The VLANs at the port on the router to which this switch is connected are 5 (main one) and 7.  I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 ...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Sep 20, 2026
    egnlsn wrote:

    I'm trying to get a GS305E switch configured for VLANs.  The VLANs at the port on the router to which this switch is connected are 5 (main one) and 7.  I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 is the only one available at ports 2-5.

    Is the issue that you can't get into the web management page?  Or that you need help with the config  once you get there?

     

     

     

    egnlsn wrote:

    I need to configure this switch so that VLAN 7 is the only one available at ports 2-5

    Then why are you bringing VLAN 5 to the switch? 

     

    If all the client ports on the GS305E are on VLAN 7 then you actually don't need to set up VLANs at all on this switch.  All you need to do is to connect to an upstream switch/router port that is untagged and only in VLAN 7.

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