ZyXEL GS1900-8: Difference between revisions

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The GS1900-8 is a fanless 8 port gigabit managed switch. It has a web interface to set it up, and is ideal as a small VLAN capable switch.

There is also an Power over Ethernet version available, the GS1900-8HP, which has a larger PSU and supports PoE.

There is also a Power over Ethernet version available, the GS1900-8HP, which has a larger PSU and supports PoE.

=Configuration=

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==Accessing the switch==

*Set your computer to be on an IP in the subnet that the switch is in, eg, 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0

*Set your computer to be on an IP in the subnet that the switch is in, e.g., 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0

*In your browser, go to http://192.168.1.1

*Login with the default credentials as above

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*Port 8 is for the FireBrick

The modems are not VLAN-aware, or even if they are we don't need them to be. We'll set ports 1-4 to tag incoming packets with the correct VLAN, and to send packets to the modems as untagged.

Ports 5, 6 and 7 will be unused.

Ports 5, 6 and 7 will be unused, these could be used to access the switch config if you wanted.

==Pre-prepared config file for FireBrick bonding==

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*Plug computer in to port 7

*Set computer to IP: 192.168.1.2 mask: 255.255.255.0

*Log in to the switch via http://192.168.1.1 with admin and 1234

*Log in to the switch via http://192.168.1.1 with username: admin and password: 1234

*From the front page, click the Maintenance icon on the left

**Click Configuration, then Restore

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==Further, Optional settings==

===Name the switch:===

===Name the switch===

*From the front page, click the settings/Cog icon on the left

**Click System, then Information

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*Click Save from the top/right corner of the web interface

===Set Names for your VLANs:===

===Set Names for your VLANs===

*From the front page, click the settings/Cog icon on the left

*Click VLAN, then VLAN