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Hello Netgear community, I just recently purchased a GS108Tv2 switch, and I'm trying to configure two VLANs on the switch. After configuring my PfSense box and my GS108Tv2 switch, I connected a PC ...
Hi thatnoobguy,
It seems that your VLAN configuration on the GS108Tv2 switch is correct. Let us isolate the problem. Here are the steps:
1. Disconnect the GS108Tv2 switch from the PfSense router.
2. Connect a PC directly to a port on the PfSense router that is a member of VLAN20.
3. Check if the PC gets a valid IP address from VLAN20 configured on the PfSense router. Check also if you can ping 192.168.20.1/24 and able to access the internet.
4. Connect a PC directly to a port on the PfSense router that is a member of VLAN30.
5. Check if the PC gets a valid IP address from VLAN30 configured on the PfSense router. Check also if you can ping 192.168.30.1/24 and able to access the internet.
Kindly answer the questions below:
a. From step 3, are you able to get a valid IP address from VLAN20? Are you able to ping 192.168.20.1/24 and able to access the internet?
b. From step 5, are you able to get a valid IP address from VLAN30? Are you able to ping 192.168.30.1/24 and able to access the internet?
c. What is the current firmware version of the GS108Tv2?
I look forward to your response.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi thatnoobguy,
It seems that your VLAN configuration on the GS108Tv2 switch is correct. Let us isolate the problem. Here are the steps:
1. Disconnect the GS108Tv2 switch from the PfSense router.
2. Connect a PC directly to a port on the PfSense router that is a member of VLAN20.
3. Check if the PC gets a valid IP address from VLAN20 configured on the PfSense router. Check also if you can ping 192.168.20.1/24 and able to access the internet.
4. Connect a PC directly to a port on the PfSense router that is a member of VLAN30.
5. Check if the PC gets a valid IP address from VLAN30 configured on the PfSense router. Check also if you can ping 192.168.30.1/24 and able to access the internet.
Kindly answer the questions below:
a. From step 3, are you able to get a valid IP address from VLAN20? Are you able to ping 192.168.20.1/24 and able to access the internet?
b. From step 5, are you able to get a valid IP address from VLAN30? Are you able to ping 192.168.30.1/24 and able to access the internet?
c. What is the current firmware version of the GS108Tv2?
I look forward to your response.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Hey DaneA,
Thanks for your advice on trouble shooting this problem! I do not know what I did last night, but somehow my configurations got really messed up. By using your trouble shooting checklist, I was able to figure out both problems that werecausing havoc on my network. One being pfsense static ip was /1 instead of /24, and the other was VLAN30's configuration somehow got erased. Oh plus, the firmware was 5.0.5.10 instead of 5.4.2.19 so I still have a lot of checks and double checks to do before putting pfsense/switch onto my network. I appreciate your help!
Hi thatnoobguy,
Your welcome! :smileyhappy: I am glad that you were able to isolate the problem and resolve it.
Cheers,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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