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Aspirant

Oct 28, 2020

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GS308 Unmanaged Switch Port Speed

I have 5 ethernet connections to the subject switch and all attachments are working as expected. However all port lights are green indicating 1Gb capability. Two of the attached devices are not ca...

DanioY
Nov 09, 2020
Hi,

Sorry. It's our mistake.

GS308 port LED supports single color only. So, the LED is alwary green when it's on.

The information in IG is correct, but it's wrong in switch front panel.

Also, it's not belong to S350 series.

We have corrected it in October.

schumaku

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 28, 2020

bobpak wrote:
Any thoughts on why the GS308 indicates all attacments are 1 Gb capable?

It doesn't differentiate between 10MbE/100MbE/GbE - there is only one port LED on each port, just indicating Link (on) and Activity (flashing) according to the Gigabit Ethernet Switch GS308 Installation Guide

bobpak

Aspirant

Oct 28, 2020

schumaku wrote:
bobpak wrote:
Any thoughts on why the GS308 indicates all attacments are 1 Gb capable?
It doesn't differentiate between 10MbE/100MbE/GbE - there is only one port LED on each port, just indicating Link (on) and Activity (flashing) according to the Gigabit Ethernet Switch GS308 Installation Guide

Pls see the attached picture below. It clearly says that the GS308 should differentiate between 1 Gb and 100 Mb.

Bob

schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 28, 2020
Can't see your image yet (requires moderation) - however, all three GS308 versions I?m aware of have just one green port LED:

GS308 (v1)GS308v2 (GS308-200xxx)GS308v3 (GS308-300xxx)
- bobpak
  Aspirant
  Oct 28, 2020
  The image I sent is a picture of the front of the GS308 with the following language above the 8 ports...
  Green=1000M, Yellow=100M/10M, Blink=ACT
  The 8 LEDs could include a green and yellow element.
  Thoughts?
  - schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 29, 2020
    From what I see this looks like a S350 Series 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Pro Switch GS308T enclosure. This model has one LED only, and the manual says it should differentiate green and amber based on the link speed, indeed.
    
    What exactly does the product label and printing show?
    
    In case this is a GSxxxE or GSxxxT, you might want to try the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool (NSDT) - well possible there could be a firmware update available then.