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Install and Access the Switch in Your
Network

This chapter describes how you can install and access the switch in your network.
The chapter contains the following sections:
• Set up the switch in your network and power on the switch
• Methods to discover or access the switch
• Access the switch and discover the IP address of the switch
• Set up a fixed IP address for the switch
• Change the language of the device UI
• Change the switch password
• Register the switch

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Summary of Contents for GS305EP

Page 1: ...User Manual Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switches Models GS305EP GS305EPP GS308EP GS308EPP NETGEAR Inc 350 E Plumeria Drive December 2020 San Jose CA 95134 USA 202 12193 01...

Page 2: ...latory See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply For NETGEAR s Privacy Policy visit https www netgear com about privacy policy By using this device you are agreeing to...

Page 3: ...witch 15 Set up a fixed IP address for the switch through a network connection 16 Set up a fixed IP address for the switch by connecting directly to the switch off network 17 Change the language of th...

Page 4: ...2 1Q VLAN 50 Set an existing advanced 802 1Q VLAN as the voice VLAN and adjust the CoS value 52 Change the OUI table for the voice VLAN 53 Delete an advanced 802 1Q VLAN 54 Deactivate a port based or...

Page 5: ...the status of a port 79 PoE considerations for switches that support PoE 80 Manage the PoE ports 80 Display PoE port status 83 Power cycle the PoE ports 84 Chapter 7 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting T...

Page 6: ...user manual complements the installation guide that came with your switch You can also download the installation guide by visiting netgear com support download Note For more information about the top...

Page 7: ...l 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch with PoE GS305EP 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch with High Power PoE GS305EPP 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch wi...

Page 8: ...was available PoE Max LED Solid green 1000 Mbps link on this port Blinking green 1000 Mbps activity on this port Solid yellow A valid 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps port link is established Blinking yellow 100 M...

Page 9: ...shock fire and damage to the equipment observe the following precautions This product is designed for indoor use only in a temperature controlled and humidity controlled environment Note the followin...

Page 10: ...mponents and never operate the product in a wet environment If the product gets wet see the appropriate section in your troubleshooting guide or contact your trained service provider Do not push any o...

Page 11: ...lets If applicable to your product the peripheral power cables are equipped with three prong plugs to help ensure proper grounding Do not use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a cable I...

Page 12: ...he chapter contains the following sections Set up the switch in your network and power on the switch Methods to discover or access the switch Access the switch and discover the IP address of the switc...

Page 13: ...onnect the power adapter to the switch and plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet The power LED lights and the port LEDs for connected devices light Methods to discover or access the switch...

Page 14: ...wnload either the Mac or Windows version 2 Temporarily disable the firewall Internet security antivirus programs or all of these on the computer that you will use to configure the switch 3 Unzip the N...

Page 15: ...a new shortcut or bookmark it for quick access on your computer or mobile device However if you restart the switch a dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server might change the IP address and the b...

Page 16: ...witch through a network connection If the switch and your computer are connected to the same network which is the most the likely situation you can change the IP address of the switch through a networ...

Page 17: ...son you cannot connect to the switch over a network connection you can change the IP address of the switch by using an Ethernet cable and making a direct connection to the switch To disable the DHCP c...

Page 18: ...omplete fixed IP address You can bookmark it later 10 Click the APPLY button Your settings are saved Your switch web session is disconnected when you change the IP address 11 Disconnect the switch fro...

Page 19: ...e 6 Click the APPLY button A pop up warning window opens 7 Click the CONTINUE button Your settings are saved and the language changes Change the switch password The default password to access the devi...

Page 20: ...h through the device UI in which case the switch must be connected to the Internet To register the switch through the device UI 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same netwo...

Page 21: ...h Performance This chapter describes how you can optimize the performance of the switch The chapter contains the following sections Set the quality of service mode and port rate limits Manage individu...

Page 22: ...vidual ports in either QoS mode simply means that the switch slows down all traffic on a port so that traffic does not exceed the limit that you set for that port If you set the rate limit on a port t...

Page 23: ...ion from the QoS Mode menu is 802 1P DSCP do the following to change the selection to Port based a From the QoS Mode menu select Port Based A pop up warning window opens b Click the CONTINUE button Th...

Page 24: ...rate that you set for outgoing traffic on that port You can select each rate limit as a predefined data transfer threshold from 512 Kbps to 512 Mbps To use 802 1P DSCP QoS mode and set the rate limits...

Page 25: ...st storms on the switch You can also set storm control rate limits for each port Storm control measures the incoming broadcast multicast and unknown unicast frame rates separately on each port and dis...

Page 26: ...ntrol rate limits select the rate in Kbps or Mbps from the individual menu for the port The default selection is No Limit d Click the APPLY button Your settings are saved and the EDIT STORM CONTROL RA...

Page 27: ...nd password are case sensitive The HOME page displays The PORT STATUS pane displays on the right or the bottom of the HOME page depending on the size of your browser window A port that is in use shows...

Page 28: ...The user name and password are case sensitive The HOME page displays The PORT STATUS pane displays on the right or the bottom of the HOME page depending on the size of your browser window A port that...

Page 29: ...The pane displays detailed information about the port 5 Click the EDIT button The EDIT PORT page displays for the selected port If the QoS mode on the switch is Port based the default setting the Pri...

Page 30: ...ed port If the QoS mode on the switch is Port based the default setting the Priority menu displays on the page If the QoS mode is 802 1P DSCP the Priority menu does not display 6 Select one of the fol...

Page 31: ...name and password are case sensitive The HOME page displays The PORT STATUS pane displays on the right or the bottom of the HOME page depending on the size of your browser window A port that is in use...

Page 32: ...traffic on the switch The chapter contains the following sections VLAN overview Activate the Basic Port Based VLAN mode and assign VLANs Manage advanced port based VLANs Manage basic 802 1Q VLANs Mana...

Page 33: ...f ports on the switch Advanced Port Based VLAN In an advanced port based VLAN configuration ports with the same VLAN ID are also placed into the same VLAN but you can assign a single port to multiple...

Page 34: ...The following table provides an overview of VLAN features that are supported on the switch Table 3 Supported VLAN modes for the GS305EP and GS305EPP Advanced 802 1Q VLAN Basic 802 1Q VLAN Advanced Por...

Page 35: ...N mode and assign VLANs 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address th...

Page 36: ...Advanced Port Based VLAN Mode Create an advanced port based VLAN Change an advanced port based VLAN Delete an advanced port based VLAN Activate the Advanced Port Based VLAN Mode By default all types...

Page 37: ...e port can be a member of multiple VLANs By default all ports are members of VLAN 1 but you can change the VLAN assignment To create an advanced port based VLAN and assign ports as members 1 Open a we...

Page 38: ...PPLY button Your settings are saved The new VLAN is added to the VLAN table which shows the port members for each VLAN Change an advanced port based VLAN You can change the settings for an existing ad...

Page 39: ...emove All link to remove all selected ports from the VLAN The icon for a selected port displays purple Note If ports are members of the same LAG you must assign them to the same VLAN 8 Click the APPLY...

Page 40: ...you can assign a different VLAN to a port After you activate the Basic 802 1Q VLAN mode you can create VLANs assign the VLANs to ports that function in access mode and assign the trunk mode which car...

Page 41: ...are saved and the pop up window closes By default VLAN 1 is added For information about adding VLANs see Create a basic 802 1Q VLAN and assign ports as members on page 41 For all ports the default se...

Page 42: ...Configuration tab is selected and the 802 1Q BASED PORT CONFIGURATION pane displays 6 To add a VLAN and then assign ports as members of the VLAN do the following a Click the Edit VLAN button The 802 1...

Page 43: ...802 1Q VLAN configuration In an 802 1Q VLAN configuration you can assign one of the following port modes Access mode A port that functions in access mode can belong to a single VLAN only and does not...

Page 44: ...uration tab is selected and the 802 1Q BASED PORT CONFIGURATION pane displays 6 For each individual port that you want to change from the Mode menu select either Trunk uplink to let the port function...

Page 45: ...he BASIC 802 1Q VLAN pop up window opens d Change the VLAN name You cannot change the VLAN ID If you need to change the VLAN ID delete the VLAN and create a new VLAN with another VLAN ID e Click the A...

Page 46: ...click anywhere in the row for the VLAN 8 Click the DELETE button Your settings are saved The VLAN is deleted Manage advanced 802 1Q VLANs In an advanced 802 1Q VLAN configuration VLAN 1 is added to t...

Page 47: ...ter that is connected to the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch A login window opens 3 Enter...

Page 48: ...ced 802 1Q VLAN configuration you can set up VLANs to which you can add tagged or untagged ports Port tagging allows a port to be associated with a particular VLAN and allows the VLAN ID tag to be add...

Page 49: ...VLAN Click the E button for an individual port to exclude the port from the VLAN Click the Tag All link to make all ports tagged members of the VLAN Click the Untag All link to make all ports untagged...

Page 50: ...mbers of the VLAN through a combination of the following actions Click the T button for an individual port to make the port a tagged member of the VLAN Click the U button for an individual port to mak...

Page 51: ...3 Enter the device management password The user name is admin The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in The user name and password are case sensitive The HOME page d...

Page 52: ...e VLAN You can set the default VLAN VLAN 1 as the voice VLAN To set an existing advanced 802 1Q VLAN as the voice VLAN and adjust the CoS value for the voice VLAN 1 Open a web browser from a computer...

Page 53: ...UIs including the default OUIs The maximum number of OUI entries in the table is 15 The first 3 bytes of the MAC address contain a manufacturer identifier and the last 3 bytes contain a unique station...

Page 54: ...are saved 11 To delete an OUI that you no longer need select the OUI and click the DELETE button Your settings are saved and the OUI is deleted 12 Click the BACK button The Advanced 802 1Q VLAN pane...

Page 55: ...he DELETE button Your settings are saved The VLAN is deleted Deactivate a port based or 802 1Q VLAN mode and delete all VLANs If you activated the Basic Port Based VLAN mode Advanced Port Based VLAN m...

Page 56: ...NO VLANs section click the ACTIVATE MODE button A pop up window opens informing you that the current VLAN settings will be lost 7 Click the CONTINUE button Your settings are saved the pop up window cl...

Page 57: ...how you can manage the switch in your network The chapter contains the following sections Manage NETGEAR Switch Discovery Protocol Set up static link aggregation Manage multicast Change the IP addres...

Page 58: ...m the menu on the left select SWITCH DISCOVERY The SWITCH DISCOVERY page displays 6 Enable or disable NSDP by clicking the button in the NSDP section When NSDP is enabled the button bar displays green...

Page 59: ...and you must set up a physical link aggregation connection see Make a link aggregation connection on page 60 After you set up a link aggregation group and make a physical link aggregation connection y...

Page 60: ...switch see Manage individual port settings on page 26 To make link aggregation connections between the switch and another network device Using Ethernet cables connect each port that must be a member...

Page 61: ...you want to enable The button bar for a LAG that is enabled displays green 7 Click the APPLY button Your settings are saved Manage multicast Multicast IP traffic is traffic that is destined to a host...

Page 62: ...ge displays 6 Enable or disable IGMP snooping by clicking the button in the IGMP Snooping section When IGMP snooping is enabled the button bar displays green 7 Click the APPLY button Your settings are...

Page 63: ...ed To manage blocking of unknown multicast addresses 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet ca...

Page 64: ...o the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch A login window opens 3 Enter the device management...

Page 65: ...in window opens 3 Enter the device management password The user name is admin The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in The user name and password are case sensitive...

Page 66: ...ord are case sensitive The HOME page displays 4 Select IP Address DHCP On The IP address fields display but you cannot change them yet The button bar in the DHCP section displays green because the DHC...

Page 67: ...ame and password are case sensitive The HOME page displays 4 Select IP Address Fixed IP The button bar in the DHCP section displays gray because the DHCP client of the switch is disabled 5 Click the b...

Page 68: ...turn the switch to its factory default settings Control access to the device UI Change or lift access restrictions to the switch Manage the DoS prevention mode Manage the power saving mode Control the...

Page 69: ...ays 5 From the menu on the left select FIRMWARE The FIRMWARE page displays The page also shows the UPDATE FIRMWARE section The FIRMWARE VERSION displays the current firmware version of the switch 6 To...

Page 70: ...he switch 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address that is assigned...

Page 71: ...he left select CONFIGURATION FILE The RESTORE CONFIGURATION page displays 6 Click the purple file icon and navigate to and select the saved configuration file The name of the saved configuration file...

Page 72: ...to reset the switch You can use the RESET button to return the switch to its factory default settings CAUTION This process erases all settings that you configured on the switch To reset the switch to...

Page 73: ...T page displays 6 Click the RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS button A warning pop up window opens 7 Click the CONTINUE button The switch is reset to factory default settings and reboots WARNING Do not interru...

Page 74: ...ift access restrictions to the switch If you set up IP addresses that are allowed to access the switch through the device UI for management purposes you can remove one or more IP addresses or you can...

Page 75: ...default this mode is disabled To manage the DoS prevention mode 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or connected directly to the switch through an...

Page 76: ...ming signal and restores normal power By default the power saving mode is disabled To manage the power saving mode on the switch 1 Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same netw...

Page 77: ...t Port LEDs The Port LEDs button displays 5 Disable or enable the port LEDs by clicking the button When the port LEDs are enabled the button bar displays green When the ports LEDs are disabled Stealth...

Page 78: ...he switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch A login window opens 3 Enter the device management password The user name is admin The password is the one tha...

Page 79: ...se sensitive The password is case sensitive The HOME page displays The switch connections show in the upper left of the page The PORT STATUS pane displays on the right or the bottom of the HOME page d...

Page 80: ...ng table describes the PoE classes and the PoE power that a switch allocates Table 5 PoE classes and PoE power allocations Range of Power Delivered to the Powered Device Minimum Power Allocated to the...

Page 81: ...ver note the following situations during which the switch temporarily stops providing PoE The switch reboots because you reset it to factory default settings The switch reboots because you upgrade the...

Page 82: ...at The port is powered in the IEEE 802 3at mode and is backward compatible with IEEE 802 3af The 802 3at mode is the default mode In this mode if the switch detects that the attached PD requests more...

Page 83: ...switch or connected directly to the switch through an Ethernet cable 2 Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch A login window opens 3 Enter the device management password The user name is...

Page 84: ...port does not provide power Over Voltage The port was denied power because of a over voltage lockout Under Voltage The port was denied power because of an under voltage lockout Thermal Shutdown The p...

Page 85: ...by clicking the port number When the port is selected the port button displays solid purple 6 Click the APPLY button The PoE on the port is forcibly reset User Manual 85 Maintain and Monitor the Switc...

Page 86: ...7 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting This chapter covers the following topics Test cable connections Resolve a subnet conflict to access the switch PoE troubleshooting suggestions 86...

Page 87: ...address of the switch The login window opens 4 Enter the switch password The user name is admin The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in The user name and password...

Page 88: ...et cables are plugged in correctly For each powered device PD that is connected to the switch the associated PoE port LED on the switch lights solid green If the associated PoE port LED lights solid a...

Page 89: ...A Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications This appendix contains the following sections Factory default settings Technical specifications 89...

Page 90: ...rd 192 168 0 239 if the switch is not connected to a network with a DHCP server IP address 255 255 255 0 Subnet mask Enabled DHCP mode Enabled IGMP snooping None configured LAGs Disabled If enabled by...

Page 91: ...PoE 74 7W with PoE max GS308EP 6 0W no PoE 74 4W with PoE max Power consumption 6 2 x 4 0 x 1 1 in 158 x 101 x 27 mm Dimensions W x D x H GS305EP 0 86 lb 0 39 kg GS308EP 1 08 lb 0 49 kg Weight 32 to 1...

Page 92: ...1 4W with PoE max Power consumption 6 2 x 4 0 x 1 1 in 158 x 101 x 27 mm Dimensions W x D x H GS305EPP 0 88 lb 0 40 kg GS308EPP 1 08 lb 0 49 kg Weight 32 to 104 F 0 to 40 C Operating temperature 10 90...

Page 93: ...covery and Access Information This appendix provides additional information about how you can discover and access the switch in your network The appendix contains the following section Access the swit...

Page 94: ...is case sensitive The HOME page displays The right pane or depending on the size of your browser window the middle pane shows the IP address that is assigned to the switch Tip You can copy and paste t...

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