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GS105v5 and GS116v2 forward packets sent to "nearest bridge" address in violation of IEEE 802.1D
IEEE 802.1D, the standard for Ethernet switches/bridges reserves the MAC range 01:80:C2:00:00:00 – 01:80:C2:00:00:0F for special purposes (such as flow control and spanning tree) and explicitly forbi...
Nothing you said is relevant to my bug report. These are unmanaged switches (which is why this thread is in the unmanaged switches forum) and the problem I observed has nothing to do with VLANs, prioritization, or energy-efficient ethernet.
Since these are unmanaged switches the bug can presumably not be fixed in these devices, so the main purpose in reporting this bug is so that it can be fixed in future versions of unmanaged switches.
Hello mvduin
This seems to be firmware issue as it violates the standard IEEE 802.1D and IEEE 802.1Q.
Could you please try upgrade the firmware and check once ?
GS116v2 - v2.6.0.48 - https://www.netgear.com/support/product/gs116ev2#download
GS105v5 - https://www.netgear.com/support/product/gs105v5#download
Have a lovely day,
Nivedita Pa
Netgear Team
NiveditaP wrote:This seems to be firmware issue as it violates the standard IEEE 802.1D and IEEE 802.1Q.
Agreed.
Could you please try upgrade the firmware and check once ?
Like I said in my previous reply, these are unmanaged switches and do not support firmware upgrades as far as I know. (One of your links is for a different switch, the other leads to an empty downloads page.)
The best I can hope for is confirmation that this issue will be looked into and hopefully be resolved in future unmanaged switches.
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