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dward_support's avatar
Oct 12, 2021
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How can I hide the switches from appearing in Network Neighborhood?

Hi everyone,  first post here I have a dozen or so managed switches, mostly model GS752TPv2, and my question is whether there is a way to hide them from appearing in Network Neighborhood on our Win...
  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Oct 13, 2021

    Hi,

     

    Absolutely normal - the in-line images are under mandatory moderation. Unfortunately, the SaaS does not indicate this.

     

    To my knowledge, there is no control on the Web UI (as of writing, and different from the simple Web configurable Plus switches) to disable the UPnP SSDP announcement, as well as the NDST one. 

     

    With your network size, I would suggest to maintain a dedicated management VLAN - not "just" because of the discovery, also for good management and security behaviour.

     

    Regards,

    -Kurt

     

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