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GS1xxE and their PoE equivalents. Getting them an IP using DHCP on a specific vlan.
Hello to anyone taking the time to read this.
I have close to a dozen netgear GS1xxE switches at my home and various family member's homes by now and swear by the things. Vlan tagging is a must...
beardytechie > ultimately I will probably end up selling the GS108E and buy a different brand.
Unqualified judgment... It's not about a different brand (I can give you pointers to other brand switches with the same design and limitaiton). If you don't like this design, you must buy at least some GSxxxT (Smart Managed Pro) instead of the GSxxxE (Smart Managed Plus) - no need to change the brand.
Where are the real risks? The switch is a non-managed core, the controller for configuring (not managing!) a limited functionality switch core, so it could be abused for destroying your network config. The controller has as-is no access to the data flowing on your network. If you want to draw it very black: Granted, the very bad guys could extend or replace the controller code, installing malicious code, the same thing could happen if the controller would listen to the configured VLAN only. Jalla jalla ...