Questions tagged [netgear]

Netgear is a manufacturer of consumer, SOHO, and enterprise networking equipment.

Netgear is a manufacturer of consumer, SOHO, and enterprise networking equipment.

Questions related to the consumer-grade equipment are off topic here, but on topic at superuser. An example of home equipment would be the DG834G router/WAP combo; an example of enterprise equipment would be the GS748TPS 48-port managed GbE switch.

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We've had a ransom-ware attack - looking for help/advice

I've recently started working in a small subsidiary of a larger international organisation. My work is on the help desk, and there's 3 developers on the team, and our boss is the manager and acting sysadmin. There's been a high turnover of staff, in…
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Netgear Prosafe SRX5308 config with Virgin Superhub

We have just bought a Netgear Prosafe SRX5308 to provide load balancing with our 4 internet connections, but I am struggling to get it configured with our Virgin Media connection. The auto-detect feature in the SRX5308 does not appear to work, so I…
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Port Security / MAC lock with Netgear GS752TXS

Has anybody here has in use the Netgear GS752TXS (52 Port Stackable Smart Switch with 10GE uplink) with port security active? I would like to activate port security on specific ports to allow only one specific device (MAC) on this port. That´s what…
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Does Netgear FVS124G support IPv6?

I'm trying to setup a Hurricane Electric (tunnelbroker.net) tunnel from a Solaris server. Looks like everything is working fine, except that no traffic actually seems to transit our router. Router needs to pass IP Protocol 41 traffic, but I don't…
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Spanning Tree Protocol on HP5406zl and Netgear edge switches

I have a simple star network setup, a core HP switch with servers and storage, and WAN uplinks on it, and then trunked 2 x 1GB uplinks to some crappy old Netgear switches (I know, but moving on). We recently had a network storm. After some…
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Set up a wifi network homepage just changing the router settings

I have a Netgear Aircard router with the usual configuration options (port forwarding, DMZ, port filters,...). I am using this network to provide wireless Internet access to the customers of my coffee shop. Is there a way to set up a homepage for…
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Setting up VLANs using GS724T & Draytek 2860n-Plus

I am having a world of problems here and can't see what is going wrong! The Plan: Use the Draytek to connect to the internet and provide WLAN access. Single port to connect to the GS724T and tag VLANs. Configure ports to belong to a particular VLAN,…
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Vista, IIS7, Dynamic DNS & Netgear Issues

I'm running Windows Vista Business and installed IIS 7 (I changed no settings in it, everything is on default). I have a domain and have setup Dynamic DNS for it with the host. I use a program provided by the host to update my server's IP. I have a…
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Port mirroring not working through Vsphere

I have mirrored a port from Netgear switch to my VM on vsphere. I cannot see requests when using tcpdump to monitor the traffic, I only see replys. Netgear port mirror works as i have connected a laptop directly to the port and with tcpdump it…
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DHCP Trouble; getting APIPA addresses

I am having trouble with the DHCP Client. I am using a Netgear fvs336gv2 firewall. I recently upgraded to the new firmware and did a factory default reset and reconfigured all the vpn tunnels and LAN. Now the DHCP will work for about 2 days then…
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what is the meaning of rip packet information?

my public IP is 89.75.42.70. Why RIP packet contains such information? I don't understand the IP notation and what it means. IP Address: 89.75.40.0, Metric: 1 Address Family: IP (2) IP Address: 89.75.40.0 (89.75.40.0) Metric: 1
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Netgear XSM7224S / DLink 1210-48 Static Lag (Trunk Failure)!

I need to configure a Netgear Switch(XSM7224S) and DLink Switch (DL1210-48) with two trunk ports. I did the same and created a lag (static) between them, afterwhcih a reboot was performed on both of them. I am unable to reach a device from one end…
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VLANs Across 2 Switches with a Single Trunk

I'm trying to create two separate networks spanning two switches using a single connection between the switches (Netgear GS108Ts). It seems like the way to do this is to setup 2 identical VLANs on each switch and use the default switching to ferry…
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Windows 7 & Windows 8 VPN Client for Netgear FVS318

The Netgear FVS318 Reference Guide (ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/FVS318v11_Refguide.pdf) states: The PC must have a VPN client program that supports IPSec. NETGEAR recommends and supports the SafeNet SoftRemote (or Soft-PK) Secure VPN Client…
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Netgear managed switches - Fiber ports ( does it work without them? )

Silly question but cannot get my head around it. Netgear managed switches all seem to come with Fiber uplink ports these days. I'm thinking about getting on of…
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