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ping a gs105v4 gigabit switch
Hi guys, First aplogies if theres already a step by step procedure on how to ping to this switch in this forum. I only have one computer available to me at the moment and I would like to simply ...
Hi EricZ,
Ok thanks! ill try that and post later if it works or not
Ok so I installed the smart control software (v1.1.3.3) off the netgear website and when i go to "discover" i see no devices listed at all. I made sure that the ethernet connection adapter (under the adapters tab) was checked off.
I dont know if it makes a difference but I tried both ways of assigning an iP address and assigning an IP address automatically (DHCP) and both ways I see nothing listed. i saw somewhere that there is another possible software called Prosafe Plus Utility.
I am going to look and read some more.
Hi marcosgu,
Sorry, as your switch gs105v4 is plus switch, it only support Prosafe Plus Utility tool to discover. SCC only can discover Smart switch.
So could you try to discover gs105v4 with Utility again?
ok ill go and install ProSafe Plus and post back afterwards
hey thanks for your help :smileyhappy:
Hi EricZ,
So, Im still not showing anything when I use the ProSafe Plus.. I did some more research and I noticed that the "Local Area Connection" (when i connect an ethernet cable to the switch) is showing as "unidentified network". I think perhaps maybe this is contributing to the problem. I have no idea at this point and I have also tried a whole laundry list of ideas to resolve the "unidentified network" status as well.
Retired_Member wrote:
Hi marcosgu,
Sorry, as your switch gs105v4 is plus switch, it only support Prosafe Plus Utility tool to discover. SCC only can discover Smart switch.
So could you try to discover gs105v4 with Utility again?
Retired_Member, the GS105v4 is not a ProSAFE Plus switch. It is simply unmanaged. There is no IP interface, nor configuraiton utility, to manage an unmanaged switch. ProSAFE Plus switches have an E in the model name. This switch simply switches traffic.
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/GS105V4/GS105v4_IGprt_20Sept2012.pdf
Marking this original request as solved. You can't ping an unmanaged switch.
Hi All,
Kohdee and ElaineP are correct. I could not execute a ping command successfully with the the switch in-line at all unless it was used to connect to say another computer perhaps (which is what I did).
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