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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 ...
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?
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.
I generally configure the trunks so that all the VLANs going on the switch trunks are tagged (and that includes VLAN 1, which is my main VLAN and also used for management). I can reach the management web page of my three smart switches with that setup.
Appears to me you don't have many different Plus switches. Not all Netgear Smart Managed switches are built on a managed switch core - most earlier Plus (newly designated Easy Smart Managed) IP stacks were not able to work with tagged frames (and lower than default standard MTU) for the Web UI.
With the recent v2 firmware updates, some newer models started to "understand" tagged frames.
Appears to me you don't have many different Plus switches.
The switches I am using now are
- GS728TPv2
- GS510TP
- GS108Ev3
and one other (unmanaged) Netgear switch.
I think that means only one "plus" switch model (the GS108Ev3).
I think that means only one "plus" switch model (the GS108Ev3).
Correct.
And that's exactly one of these early Microcontroller based Plus switch generation with IP address and a Web UI, which does neither support non-tagged frames for the administration nor any non-default MTUs.
Clearly, the Web UI resp. the IP stack can't be reached over a fully all-tagged trunks as you claimed before. Sorry.And for the same reason, it can't be discovered by NSDP based L2 discovery applications like the Netgear Switch Discovery Tool nor by the legacy utilities like the ProSAFE Plus Utility over a fully tagged trunk. Only untagged frames can reach and discover these.
Clearly, the Web UI resp. the IP stack can't be reached over a fully all-tagged trunks as you claimed before. Sorry.
Well, it does work for me - I have no problem reaching the GS108Ev3 with the trunk fully tagged.
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