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GS308Ev4, GS305E - Help with uplinks/downlinks
Could I please have some help or confirmation that I have these setup correctly? I'm weary that they are because I sometimes have trouble connecting to the admin interfaces on these switches. I've ...
That's not a question of up- and downlink - all ports are the same, there is no designated uplink port.
Much more, the future network designers must understand that these small Plus switches are not built on a managed cores, so the Web UI can ONLY operate untagged, Tagged frames are ignored by the switch uC handling the the WebUI.
These are not Smart Managed Switches or Managed Switches where the CPU port can be configured for a management VLAN.
You must ensuite the management or admin "VLAN" must be able to reach these switches on an untagged connection. Said that, used need to understand his restriction on designing their networks.
If you desire to design and implement your network with a management VLAN, these switch models are not for you. This is the price you pay by deploying these very inexpensive Plus switches, but plan to implement a business class network.
When I see uplinks and downlink ports carrying tagged ports only, it's obvious you won't he able to manage (== administrate) the switched due to this limitation.
Thanks for the reply. Ok, bit of clarification. This is a home network. And apologies for using the wrong up/down link terminology. It just made sense to me. Does the above configuration require a management VLAN?
You must ensuite the management or admin "VLAN" must be able to reach these switches on an untagged connection.
So the setup of GS308Ev4-1 for VLAN1 maybe needs to be:
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This is a home network.
I am wondering why you need all these vlans - can you clarify their purpose?
Sure. I started with just one that I called OLDVLAN. That way I could swap in my new Peplink B One, create the same SSIDs, and temporarily set all it's ports as Access to OLDVLAN. That got everything working as a flat network again (using unmanaged dump switches) but now using my new router. OLDVLAN still exists. Then I bought all these Netgear GS308/305 switches and started swapping them in. Then I started moving devices out of OLDVLAN. Tivos are now separate. Iot is separate. Kvm access for a server is separate. I'm just starting this endeavor and still plan on moving gaming consoles, Rokus, kids phones/laptops, parent laptops (both work and personal), etc. I have a tendency to go overboard.
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