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burgler2112
Apr 24, 2025Aspirant
Re: Unable to sign into GS308E
I'm having some issues with this product. I recently purchased it and set it up last week. But as soon as I set it up via the admin page and enable Advance 802.1Q VLANs, then I'm no longer able to ...
schumaku
Apr 27, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Now where we can start to understand your network a little bit more (I think) ...
burgler2112 wrote:
If I do a factory reset, I'm able to reach the switch and redo the setup, but once I do, I can no longer reach the admin page.
A good point to continue might be-which- devices will be connected to the GS308E, -what- and -how- you are going to re-configure your switch(es) repeatedly in 802.1q.
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One point I don't yet understand: These two ports on your security appliance for connecting the VLAN 10, 20, 30, and 40 - are these [T]agged or [U]ntagged?
This looks to me (on the first view) like four ports [U]ntagged, so access ports for each of the four VLANs.
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Start with the default config om the GS308E, and set it to 802.1q mode.
Add VLAN 10, 20, 30, and 40.
Go the VLAN Membership, and select the respective VLAN, start with 10.
User Group Operation: [Tag All], then [Apply].
Repeat for VLAN 20, 30, and 40.
burgler2112
Apr 28, 2025Aspirant
One point I don't yet understand: These two ports on your security appliance for connecting the VLAN 10, 20, 30, and 40 - are these [T]agged or [U]ntagged?
I will use VLAN10 as an example, but all the VLANs are set up in the same basic fashion.
On one of my switches I have VLAN10 assigned to Port 1. I have VLAN10 as “Untagged” on Port 1, but tagged on port’s 3, 7 and 8. The thought process here was that on port 1, the only thing that would be going through that port would be items that should be on VLAN 10.
Port's 3, 7, and 8 would be carrying all data via 99 that would need to be segregated elsewhere.
Here are some screenshots of the setup on one of my other switches:
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