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Port Lights on with no cable plugged in?
Came home and found my GS108Ev2 switch was acting strange...the port lights were on without any ethernet cables plugged in. Anyone know about this issue and how to resolve. What could cause this behavior? Power surge?
I have tried rebooting the switch, reset factory defaults, and rebooting again but the same port light stays on (both lights) without a cable plugged in.
Thanks for the help.
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I just had GS308v3 do this, which was only 3 years old. Port 4 light stayed on, and the switch stopped routing traffic. Went out in the middle of the day today. Pretty weird.
no warranty left since 1 year warranty is pretty limited. After I knew it was bad and replaced it with something from MicroCenter, I opened the Netgear switch to see if there was anything obvious like a popped capacitor, but everything looked good. Even used magnifying glass to make sure nothing on the surface mount stuff was knocked off.
Obviously, I’m not one of those guys that can repair circuit boards, so I could have missed something. It’s going in the trash I guess. A shame… 8 port gigabit switch only 3-4 years old.Necroposting to a thread dated back from the year 2014?
Not a "normal" issue, but sorry to hear.
no warranty left since 1 year warranty is pretty limited.
The GS300 series was especially priced to bring an option to some retail channels where extremely low cost switches are offered and sold.
Simply not possible to offering longer or limited lifetime warranty at very competitive pricing.
Either way, the OP was covered back then by Netgear warranty terms.
- also, take note of where you put the switch. It's a desktop switch and are not meant be inside cabinets. It needs proper ventilation since it does not have fans.
- I would also say that many "surge protectors" aren't really that effective. For about $50 you can get a small UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) or battery back-up that actually isolates the end device from the A/C source so line surges are prevented from damaging your hardware. Many surge protectors have a brief lag before interrupting the power and that's enough to damage many sensitive components.
- ok, toast...got it. Thanks for the reply. So, how could this have happened...for future prevention I mean? I am using a power surge protector and everything.
- Toasted switch. Warranty.
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