after upgrading GS324T to 1.0.0.41 I can't login anymore

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tessus wrote:

Thanks for pinging Netgear.

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This is all I can do because you have done most of the possible troubleshooting with different browsers, systems. This makes it trustworthy to chime Netgear in-

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tessus wrote:

Just to clarify your last sentence. I do have a backup from right before I upgraded. So after a factory reset, I'd only have to boot into image 1.0.0.38 and restore the backup. That would give me access to my switch and it would be correctly configured. Or am I missing something?....

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Usually, the switch backups taken from the earlier or recent version can be deployed to the current firmware. Release notes show if this should not be possible.

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tessus wrote:

Still I think there should be an endpoint I could hit (without having to login) to activate the other image upon next reboot. 

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The dual image is primary for the case the current one has some functionality issues or as an alternate if a switch is not booting.

Lack of an OOB access, being a dedicated management Ethernet, being a serial console are compared expensive features, this not available in this extreme low cost switch class.

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tessus wrote:

It's just that the price of this switch went up by CAD$ 120, which is a lot considering I paid CAD$ 200.

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Netgear and many other brands had to change the pricing recently, because chip and component availability, and the complete production line became critical in C19 times.

The June 1st 2022 price change by Netgear is never that much as you show here. Gold digger market over there in Canada?

This is the street price development in CHF (roughly 1:1 USD) from the last three month from a big retailer here in Switzerland. just the June 1st jump comes from Netgear's price update of around 20%.:

Being 6 USD per GbE port or new about 6.65 USD/port is certainly no robbery with lifetime warranty five year warranty for the first buyer.