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Port 1 causing switch to not communicate?
Ok so I recently got better internet at my house and now actually trying to hook up connections using a switch. I can plug directly into my router and things are fine. I plug switch in and connect to switch and nothing. I have rebooted everything a few times and no luck. I did get the switch used and was told port 1 doesn't work. No worries don't need all 24 ports. However port 1 light is orange 10/100 even with nothing plugged into it. And one of the reboots I decided to plugged my laptop into port 3 right next to it and port 1 didn't light up and my laptop worked. So, it is like that single port that is saying it is on at 10/100 with nothing plugged into is screwing up the passing of traffic. My laptop and uplink is green - 1G connect. Any advice? At this point I think I bought a paperweight. I did look at the port and physically the port looks fine.
Does the GS305/P pass VLAN tags and LLDP?
Does the GS305 and 305P switch line preserve incoming VLAN tags when it forwards to outgoing? Also will it pass LLDP? We had a colleague accidentally submit a PR for some GS305P to be placed between several computers/VoIP phones and a larger Cisco switch. The phones receive the voice VLAN ID through LLDP coming from the Cisco. I know we can always test it but if there's confirmation the Netgear can't do it I can cancel the PR before shipping. Thanks