TL-SG-108E V2 - VLAN 1 tagging
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Hello,
I am having the same issue as many many others posted elsewhere (Amazon and co). This is the only thing why this switch is "not good and not acceptable" for me.
TP-Link disabled completely modifications for VLAN 1 even in Web interface as in the mgmt software.
My issue is, that our company's network topology even uses tagged VLAN 1 packets in the "Switch Inter-connections", untagged packes are only allowed on the client side ports. To get the TL-SG-108E switches part of the network (we already ordered 10 pcs of them) they must accept and repeat VLAN 1 tagged packets but all the options to modify that are greyed out. In this case I need to set some ports VLAN 1 to be tagged (for the way to another switch) some to be forbid (when they should NOT be part of VLAN 1) and some to be untagged (for client connections).
I know, that you can not compare a HP enterprise switch with this "cheap crap" but the "cheap crap" may be also very good and usable with only unlocking this feature.
For 99% I think that it is only a software limitation, so with a modification in firmware this problem should be completely solved.
Even the setting of the mgmt vlan should be possible!!!
Please, please, please, if possible dear TP-Link team, please implement a fully working VLAN configuration into that brand of switches.
I or we know, that it is possible to close out ourself of the web interface but therefore we have a good working reset button ;)
Thank you
dirk
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I think you should try and contact the TP Link customer centre. They are great i had an issue in setting my vlan in my company. But all was to no avail. I then contacted them and it was short and easy. You will be amazed!. hope i helped you.
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Hello,
Are there plans to fix the VLAN 1 issue for TL-SG108E v4? I bought the latest version thinking that since the issue was fixed for v3, it would also be fixed for v4. However, I was wrong.
Thanks in advance
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Hello!
Is there any chance of getting an update on the V1 hardware TL-SG105E? I bought two switches from Amazon, both came version 1, it is impossible to edit Vlan 1.
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Bought one of these today - have an outdoor cabana that requires both my default vlan and my TV vlan and has a single cat5 run to it. Figured this was a pretty inexpensive way to solve the problem.
I'm a 25 year networking pro with 20 years working for a router/switch vendor. It took me way to long to get this silly thing working. Plug and Play? not with VLANs.
Firstly, the 802.1Q VLAN setup while seemingly intuitive does not work. I clicked all the right "applies" to get my VLAN tables perfect (tagged port 1 in both vlan default and 4, port 2 in VLAN 4, balance of ports left in default). Despite this, the switch blackholed my vlan 4. It simply did not transmit any frames from VLAN 4 on port 1. I connected a sniffer and watched all the frames coming out tagged with VLAN 1, but nothing from VLAN 4.
I mucked with this a lot, upgraded firmware as well to the latest with no luck. On a whim, and shortly before this went into the garbage, I made VLAN 4 a PVLAN on ports 1 and 2 and lo and behold, it started to process VLAN 4 frames.
I also set the system IP to something other than default about 6 times, but no matter what I did, it went back to 192.168.0.1.
Beyond all of that, not being able to control VLAN 1 is problematic for more complex, brownfield installs. That said, this product is for me much more a small home office, small business deal and should do the trick.
P
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badfish wrote
"I'm a 25 year networking pro with 20 years working for a router/switch vendor."" ...not being able to control VLAN 1 is problematic... "
Is there any other brand, in this price range, that does not have this issue and provides the same value?
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Hello,
for the version V4 is now a new firmware aviable with a bug fix for the VLAN1 problem. Is this also possible for the version V1 to V3 we use all this versions!
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Thomas
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VLAN 1 bug in TL-SG018E V2 has been fixed since 2018-01-09 already. See post #20 here: https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/96245?page=2
TL-SG108E V1 has no web UI at all. Don't know whether VLAN 1 bug has been fixed in the Easy Smart Config Utility, which is needed to config hardware V1, or whether the utility allows to install newer firmware (Windows-free zone here).
Firmware V4 is not installable on my TL-SG018E V2 running V3 firmware.
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R1D2 wrote
VLAN 1 bug in TL-SG018E V2 has been fixed since 2018-01-09 already. See post #20 here: https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/96245?page=2
TL-SG108E V1 has no web UI at all. Don't know whether VLAN 1 bug has been fixed in the Easy Smart Config Utility, which is needed to config hardware V1.
SORRY but the last Firmware for the TL-SG108E V2 is from 2016-05-26 without the bugfix.
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Tpetzold wrote
SORRY but the last Firmware for the TL-SG108E V2 is from 2016-05-26 without the bugfix.
Read the thread from start or see post #20 on page 2 and just install V3 firmware on your V2 device. It will »become« a V3 device according to the system status. 
I did report this bug in 2016 (date of release of V2 hardware) to TP-Link again and again for nearly 1.5 years until they finally fixed it in firmware V3 (officially released in January 2018), which can be installed also on hardware V2. I run the V3 firmware since its release successfully on my V2 TL-SG108E/PE and TL-SG105E.
Unfortunately, V3 firmware did not made it into the Support website for V2 switches, but that's another story.
However, V4 firmware is not accepted on my TL-SG108E V2 hardware running V3 firmware nor on TL-SG105E. Did test it just now to be sure:
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