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8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch Model GS908E
Set Up a Static Router Port for IGMP Snooping
If your network does not include a device that sends IGMP queries, the switch cannot discover the router port dynamically. (The router port is a port on a device in the network that performs IGMP snooping in the network.) In this situation, select one port on the switch as the dedicated static router port for IGMP snooping, allowing all IGMP Join and Leave messages in the network to be forwarded to this port.
To set up a static router port for IGMP snooping:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or to the switch directly through an Ethernet cable.
2.
Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
The login page displays.
3.
Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
4.
From the menu at the top of the page, select SWITCHING.
The Quality of Service (QoS) page displays.
5.
From the menu on the left, select MULTICAST.
The MULTICAST page displays.
6.
From the menu in the IGMP Snooping Static Router Port section, select a specific port as the router port or select Any to let IGMP Join and Leave messages be sent to every port on the switch.
Typically, the uplink port (that is, the port that is connected to your router or to the device that provides your Internet connection) serves as the router port.
7.
Click the APPLY button.
Your settings are saved.
Set Up Static Link Aggregation
Static link aggregation on the switch allows you to combine multiple Ethernet ports into a single logical link.
Your network devices treat the aggregation as if it were a single link. Depending on how link aggregation is set up in your network, the link supports either increased bandwidth (a larger pipe) or fault tolerance (if one port fails, another one takes over).
The switch supports two static LAGs with up to four ports each. That means that one static LAG can support a link of up to 4 Gbps.
Note
The switch does not support Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
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8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch Model GS908E
You set up static link aggregation on the switch through a link aggregation group (LAG) in the following order:
1.
Set up the LAG on the switch (see
Set Up One or More Link Aggregation Groups
on page 55).
2.
Connect the ports that you intend to make members of a LAG on the switch to the ports that are members of a LAG on another device in your network (see
Make a Link Aggregation Connection
on page 56).
3.
Enable the LAG on the switch (see
Enable One or More Link Aggregation Groups
Set Up One or More Link Aggregation Groups
You set up static link aggregation on the switch by adding up to four ports to a link aggregation group (LAG) and by enabling the LAG. However, for a LAG to take effect, you first must make sure that all ports that participate in the LAG (that is, the ports on both devices) use the same speed, duplex mode, and flow control setting (see
Manage Individual Port Settings
on page 31 for information about changing these settings on the switch) and you must set up a physical link aggregation connection (see
After you set up a link aggregation group and make a physical link aggregation connection, you can enable the link aggregation group (see
Enable One or More Link Aggregation Groups
on page 56).
To set up one or more link aggregation groups on the switch:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or to the switch directly through an Ethernet cable.
2.
Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
The login page displays.
3.
Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
4.
From the menu at the top of the page, select SWITCHING.
The Quality of Service (QoS) page displays.
5.
From the menu on the left, select LINK AGGREGATION.
The LINK AGGREGATION page displays.
6.
To add ports to LAG 1, click two, three, or all port icons from 1 to 4.
The icon for a selected port displays blue.
LAG 1 must consist of at least two ports but can consist of all ports in the range from 1 through 4.
7.
To add ports to LAG 2, click two, three, or all port icons from 5 to 8.
The icon for a selected port displays blue.
LAG 2 must consist of at least two ports but can consist of all ports in the range from 5 through 8.
8.
Click the APPLY button.
Your settings are saved.
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Make a Link Aggregation Connection
Before you make a physical link aggregation connection to another network device (usually a router or another switch) that also supports link aggregation, you must first set up a link aggregation group (LAG) on the switch (see
Set Up One or More Link Aggregation Groups
on page 55). If you do not, the LAG cannot
take effect. Whether a LAG on the switch functions to support increased bandwidth or fault tolerance depends on the LAG configuration on the other network device.
All ports that participate in a LAG (that is, the ports on both devices) must use the same speed, full duplex mode, and flow control setting. For information about changing these settings on the switch, see
on page 31.
To make link aggregation connections between the switch and other network devices:
1.
Using Ethernet cables, connect each port that you intend to made a member of LAG 1 on the switch to each port that is member of the same LAG on another network device.
LAG 1 can include ports 1 through 4. The port numbers on the other network device do not matter as long as the ports on the other network device are members of the same LAG and the LAG consists of the same total number of ports.
2.
Using Ethernet cables, connect each port that you intend to made a member of LAG 2 on the switch to each port that is member of the same LAG on another network device.
LAG 2 can include ports 5 through 8. The port numbers on the other network device do not matter as long as the ports on the other network device are members of the same LAG and the LAG consists of the same total number of ports.
Enable One or More Link Aggregation Groups
After you set up one or more link aggregation groups (see
Set Up One or More Link Aggregation Groups
on page 55) and make a physical link aggregation connection (see
Make a Link Aggregation Connection
on page 56), you can enable the link aggregation groups.
To enable one or more link aggregation groups on the switch:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the switch or to the switch directly through an Ethernet cable.
2.
Enter the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
The login page displays.
3.
Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
4.
From the menu at the top of the page, select SWITCHING.
The Quality of Service (QoS) page displays.
5.
From the menu on the left, select LINK AGGREGATION.
The LINK AGGREGATION page displays.
6.
Click the LAG 1 button, LAG 2 button, or both buttons.
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Key Features
- Managed
- Quality of Service (QoS) support
- Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity: 8
- MAC address table: 4000 entries Switching capacity: 16 Gbit/s