Hi there,
I purchased a used Netgear Smartgear switch (FS750T2) which is a managed switch, or at least thats what I had read (both on the ad, and from the manual pdf I got from Netgear’s website). I purchased it with the intent of creating seperate vlans for home projects for the purposes of studying for certification exams.
I reset the unit to factory defaults as directed in the manual
I then connected the unit to my home router and powercycled the switch.
After the unit was booted again, I plugged my windows 7 laptop into the switch and verified I could surf to the internet on multiple ports.
I then downloaded and installed the Smart Wizard configuration software.
The switch could not be seen by the software.
I ran “The Dude” – a program to perform network mapping, and the switch was not visable.
My next choice was directly connecting to the unit with the default IP found in the manual.
Disconnected the power from the switch, removed the ethernet cable going from the switch to the router, then powered up the switch again.
I set the IP address of my NIC to be on the same network as was described in the manual for the switch (Manual says the default IP of the switch is 192.168.0.239 (no subnet was given) – I set the NIC to 192.168.0.100/24).
I then ran the software again, still could not find the switch.
An attempt to browse to the IP address through internet explorer failed (http://192.168.0.239).
Unsure as to what could be the problem (Firewall? Antivirus?), I tested with my linux laptop and ran into the same problems.
The Dude, Nmap and traceroute act as if there is no switch at all (when connected to the router) – should it not have shown an extra hop in between?
I have tried searching online and have come up empty handed. I have seen a few people who have posted with the same problem on the forum of Netgear’s site, but not a single one seemed to have a response (at least not publicly, I can’t discount that perhaps an email was sent directly to them).
Any assistance with this is greatly appreciated, and you have my thanks in advance 🙂