How complex is the environment, how many staff are supported, how many VLANs, how much data moves across the LAN, what's the peak throughput, etc?
Kurt On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:49 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > Got approval for new core, > > Im thinking Cisco or Procurve , > givem that all other switches are netgear and only have 1gb sfp uplink > ports does anyone have suggestions, opinions , reccomendations ? > > TiA > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5 > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:23:04 +0000 > > Core sort of implies layer 3. > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2016 12:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5 > > > > Hmm, hack, alternative , not words i feel comfy with when its a core > switch - > > maybe I'll get them to buy something better > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:50:37 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5 > To: [email protected] > > Its been a long time since I've come across an equipment situation like > this, but I've seen it before. When planned for, its a way to spend less on > your equipment. Unfortunately, sometimes people get caught in a situation > realizing the hard-way, that they are missing some expected functionality. > > > > As a last resort, I'd look into somehow hacking/activating the > functionality. Perhaps an alternate firmware can be forced on it. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:53 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like you hit the nail on the head, per this article i need either a > 2nd switch, or use the firewall > > https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26167971/ > Netgear-GS748T-setting-up-several-VLAN's-but-having- > DHCP-broadcasting-across-all-ports.html > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:16:10 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5 > To: [email protected] > > Hi J-P, > > > > I didnt really see a question in your initial post, but if I'm > understanding your frustration correctly: If there are no DHCP helper > options, I dont see how this could work. DHCP is a broadcast protocol, and > needs a helper mechanism to cross networks. I can only assume that this > model is a lower-tiered option that is meant to be stacked with a > higher-tiered managed switch. > > > > I saw a similarly themed question posted here: > > > > https://community.netgear.com/t5/Smart-Plus-Click-Switches/ > Why-have-none-of-Netgear-s-L2-switches-a-DHCP-relay-agent/td-p/500749 > > > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 1:29 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone, Bueller, > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5 > Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:47:11 -0400 > > Hi all, > > > > I've been testing VLAN on a GS748tv5 I emphasize v5 as netgear tends to > create different devices and only differentiate them by the version , as a > matter of fact this device does not have a "ip-helper, or dhcp relay" > options (yes I know, its old , and crappy anyway), > > > So I created vlan5 , assigned it an IP 192.168.5.1 , added the firewall > port and test pc port to the vlan and since I have no option for > ip-helper or DHCP relay, the PC received no ip address (and yes, I did > create the DHCP scope 192.168.5.x on my 08r2 server, ) > > > > If I give the pc a static address (i.e 192.168.5.x ) I can then > successfully ping 192.168.5.1 , further research said to enable DHCP option > 82 on the DHCP server; > > https://www.google.com/search?q=dhcp+option+82&ie=&oe= > > > > which of course doesn't exist in 08, so I tried to manually create option > 82, still no joy- > > > > if anyone can share any thoughts it would be greatly appreciated > > > > and before anyone asks, there is no CLI, no Shell, no Terminal on this POS > switch > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > > >
