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    User Guide Easy Smart Switch 1910012769 REV5.1.0 May 2020
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    14 Restoring to the Previous Configuration...15 Rebooting the Switch...17 Resetting the Switch...18 Upgrading the Firmware...19 Appendix: Default Parameters...21 Switching Switching...23 Overview...23 Supported Features...23 Configuring Ports...25 Configuring IGMP Snooping...27 Configuring LAG...28
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    ...32 Configuration Steps...33 Appendix: Default Parameters...34 Monitoring Monitoring...36 Overview...36 Supported Features...36 Viewing Port Statistics...37 Configuring Port Mirror...39 Testing Cables...41 Configuring Loop Prevention...43 Appendix: Default Parameters...44 Configuring VLAN Overview
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    Configuring Basic QoS ...62 Configuring QoS in Port Based Mode...63 Configuring QoS in 802.1P Based Mode...64 Configuring QoS in DSCP/802.1P Based Mode...64 Configuring Bandwidth Control...65 Configuring
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    Guide. Go to the website https://www.tp-link.com/support, search the model number of your switch, and you can find this guide on the product Support web page. Intended Readers This Guide this Guide, the following conventions are used: PoE budget calculations are based on laboratory testing. Actual
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    can be found at Download Center at https://www.tp-link.com/support . ■■ The Installation Guide (IG) can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the switch. ■■ The authentication information can be found where you find this guide. ■■ Specifications can be found on the product page
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    Part 1 Introduction CHAPTERS 1. Product Overview 2. Logging Into the Switch
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    switch supports the following features: ■■ Traffic monitoring: Port mirroring, loop prevention and cable test enable the administrator to monitor traffic of the network effectively. ■■ VLAN: MTU VLAN, Port With this function, the switch can supply power to your device supports this feature, refer
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    switch to the network and connect your PC to the switch. 2) Find out the IP address of the switch. ■■ By default, the switch the switch cannot switch and PC are in the same subnet. ■■ If the switch switch PC. The supported web browsers switch. Here we suppose the switch uses the static IP address
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    username and password in the pop-up login window. Enter admin for both username and password in lower case letters. Figure 2-2 Logging Into the Switch Note: The first time you log in, change the password to better protect your network and devices. 7) The typical web interface displays below. You
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    Managing System CHAPTERS 1. System 2. Configuring System Info 3. Configuring IP 4. Configuring LED (Only for Certain Devices) 5. Configuring User Account 6. Backing up and Restoring the Switch 7. Rebooting the Switch 8. Resetting the Switch 9. Upgrading the Firmware 10. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    switch. 1.2 Supported switch to the factory default setting. All the settings will be cleared after the switch is reset. Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware is to get more functions and better performance. Go to the website https://www.tp-link.com to download the updated firmware. User Guide
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    the System Information Choose the menu System > System Info to load the following page. You can view the basic system information of the switch. Figure 2-1 Viewing the System Summary 2.2 Specifying the Device Description Choose the menu System > System Info to load the following page. Specify a new
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    Follow these steps to configure the system IP address manually: 1) Select DHCP setting as Disable from the drop-down list. 2) Specify the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. IP Address Specify the system IP of the switch. You can use this IP address to access the switch. User Guide 10
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    Managing System Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask of the switch.. Default Gateway Specify the default gateway of the switch. 3) Click Apply. Configuring IP User Guide 11
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    (Only for Certain Devices) 4 Configuring LED (Only for Certain Devices) Note: LED configuration is only available on certain devices. To check whether your device supports this feature, refer to the actual web interface. With this function, you can turn on or turn off the LED with one click. Choose
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    to meet the requirement, check the prompt information. Current Password Enter the current password of the switch. By default, the password is admin. New Password Specify a new password for login. Requirement information. Confirm Password 2) Click Apply. Retype the new password. User Guide 13
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    Managing System Backing up and Restoring the Switch 6 Backing up and Restoring the Switch With backup and restore, you can: ■■ Save the current configuration. ■■ Restore to the previous configuration. take several minutes to save the configuration file. Wait without any operation. User Guide 14
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    System > System Tools > Backup and Restore to load the following page. Figure 6-2 Restoring the Configuration Follow these steps to restore the switch to the previous configuration: 1) In the Config Restore section, click Choose File to load the following page. Specify the configuration file path
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    Previous Configuration Note: ●● It will take several minutes to restore the configuration. Wait without any operation. ●● To avoid any damage, do not power down the switch while being restored. ●● After being restored, the current configuration of the switch will be lost. User Guide 16
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    > System Reboot to load the following page. Click Reboot. Figure 7-1 Rebooting the Switch Note: ●● It will take several minutes to reboot the switch. Wait without any operation while the switch reboots. ●● To avoid any damage, do not power down the switch while the switch reboots. User Guide 17
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    reset, it will reboot automatically. ●● It will take several minutes to reboot the switch. Wait without any operation while the switch reboots. ●● To avoid any damage, do not power down the switch during the reset. ●● After the switch is reset, all the settings will be restored to the default. User
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    Upgrade to load the following page. Figure 9-1 Being Ready to Upgrade the Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware: 1) Click Choose File to load the following page. Specify the firmware file path and select the firmware to upgrade. Figure 9-2 Browsing the Firmware File User Guide 19
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    9-3 Upgrading the Firmware Note: ●● It will take several minutes to upgrade the firmware. Wait without any operation. ●● Select the proper software version matching with the hardware to upgrade. ●● To avoid damage, do not power down the switch while upgrading the firmware
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    -1 Default Settings of System Info Parameter Device Description Default Setting The model name of the switch. Default settings of IP Setting are listed in the following table. Table 10-2 Default Settings of User Account Configuration Parameter New Username Default Setting admin User Guide 21
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    Part 3 Switching CHAPTERS 1. Switching 2. Configuring Ports 3. Configuring IGMP Snooping 4. Configuring LAG 5. Configuration Examples 6. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    Switching Switching 1.1 Overview With the switching feature, you can configure port setting, IGMP Snooping and LAG. 1.2 Supported Features The switch supports the following features about switching: Port Setting You can configure port status, speed, duplex mode and flow control for ports problems
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    Multicast router Source Source Layer 2 switch Layer 2 switch Host A Receiver Host B Host C Receiver Host A Receiver Host B Host C Receiver Multicast packets LAG With LAG (Link Aggregation Group) function, you can aggregate multiple physical ports into a logical interface to increase
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    work. By default, it is enabled. Speed/Duplex Select the appropriate speed and duplex mode for the port. When Auto is selected, the port automatically negotiates speed mode with the connected device. It is recommended to select Auto if both ends of the link support autonegotiation. User Guide 25
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    Click Apply. Note: ●● It is recommended to set the ports on both ends of a link with the same speed and duplex mode. ●● Keep the port that is connected to the management device enabled, or you cannot access the switch. ●● The parameters of the port members in a LAG should be set as the same. User
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    or disable Report Message Suppression globally. When enabled, the switch will only forward the first IGMP report message for each multicast . All port members of a multicast group should be included in the same VLAN. Ports Displays the forwarding port list of the multicast group. User Guide 27
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    2) Click the ports to add to the LAG group. Click Apply. 3) In the table below, you can verify the LAG configuration result. You can select the LAG and click Delete to delete ports from the LAG group. Group ID Displays the ID of the LAG group. Ports Displays the LAG member ports. User Guide 28
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    Switching Configuring LAG Note: ●● It is recommended to configure the LAG function before configuring the other functions for the member ports. ●● Ensure that devices on both ends of the aggregation link use the same number of physical ports with the same speed and duplex mode, flow control setting
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    the same VLAN of the switch. All of them want to port 1, port 2 and port 3 respectively. Port 4 is the router port Port 1 Port 4 Port 3 Port 2 Host B Receiver Host C Receiver VLAN 2 Host D Receiver 5.1.2 Configuration Scheme ■■ Configure 802.1Q VLAN. Add the three member ports and the router port
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    with TL-SG1016PE, the following section provides configuration steps. 5.1.3 Configuration Steps 1) Choose the menu VLAN > 802.1Q VLAN to load the following page. Select the 802.1Q VLAN Configuration as Enable. Click Apply. Specify the VLAN ID as 2. Specify the VLAN name as VLAN2. Select port 1, port
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    B, and heavy traffic is transmitted between the two switches. To achieve high speed and reliability of data transmission, you can bundle multiple physical ports into one logical interface. In this case, we bundle port 1, port 2 and port 3 of both switches into one logical interface. User Guide 32
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    Network Topology for LAG Port 1 Port 1 Hosts Port 2 Switch A Port 3 Port 2 Port 3 Switch B Servers Demonstrated with TL-SG1016PE, the following section provides configuration steps. The configuration steps are similar for both switches, here we take Switch A for example. 5.2.2 Configuration
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    Switching Appendix: Default Parameters 6 Appendix: Default Parameters Default settings of Port are listed in the following table. Table 6-1 Default Settings of Port Configuration Parameter Status Default Settings of LAG Configuration Parameter Group ID Default Setting LAG 1 User Guide 34
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    Part 4 Monitoring CHAPTERS 1. Monitoring 2. Viewing Port Statistics 3. Configuring Port Mirror 4. Testing Cables 5. Configuring Loop Prevention 6. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    mirrored packets for monitoring and troubleshooting the network. Cable Test This switch provides cable test to diagnose the connection status of the cable connected to the switch and the distance to the problem location, which facilitates you to locate and diagnose the trouble spot of the network
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    click Clear to clear the data, also you can click Refresh to refresh the data. Port Displays the port number of the switch. Status Displays whether the port is enabled or disabled. Link Status Displays the link state of the port. TxGoodPkt Displays the number of packets transmitted on the
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    Monitoring Viewing Port Statistics Note: ●● The frames with more than 1518 bytes, less than 64 bytes or with bad FCS (Frame Check Sequence) are recorded as BadPkts. ●● Because of the supporting feature of jumbo frame, the frames with more than 1518 bytes and less than 10000 bytes will be recorded
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    Monitoring > Port Mirror to load the following page. Figure 3-1 Configuring Port Mirror Follow these steps to configure port mirror: 1) Enable the port mirror feature globally. Specify a mirroring port. Click Apply. Port Mirror Enable or disable the port mirror feature globally. User Guide 39
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    to the mirroring port. With this option disabled, the packets sent by the port will not be copied to the mirroring port. 3) In the table below, you can verify the configuration result for port mirroring. Note: The LAG member ports cannot be set as a mirroring port or mirrored port. User Guide 40
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    desired ports for test. Click Apply to test cables connected to the selected ports. 2) Check the test results in the table. Port Displays the port number. Test Result Displays the connection status of cables. Test results : Impedance mismatch due to the poor quality of the cable. User Guide 41
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    Monitoring Testing Cables Cable Fault Distance (m) If the connection status is Normal, here displays the length of the cable. If the connection status is Close (or Short), Open, or Crosstalk, here displays the length from the port to the trouble spot. User Guide 42
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    Follow these steps to configure loop prevention: 1) Enable or disable loop prevention. Loop Prevention Enable or disable the loop prevention feature globally. 2) Click Apply. User Guide 43
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    6-1 Default Settings of Port Mirrror Configuration Parameter Port Mirror Default Setting Disable Default settings of Loop Prevention are listed in the following table. Table 6-2 Default Settings of Loop Preventikon Configuration Parameter Loop Prevention Default Setting Enable User Guide 44
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    Part 5 Configuring VLAN CHAPTERS 1. Overview 2. Configuring MTU VLAN 3. Configuring Port Based VLAN 4. Configuring 802.1Q VLAN 5. Configuration Example for 802.1Q VLAN 6. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    supported on the switch: ■■ MTU VLAN MTU VLAN (Multi-Tenant Unit VLAN) defines an uplink port which will build up several VLANs with each of the other ports. Each VLAN contains two ports, the uplink port and one of the other ports in the switch a tagged frame, the switch checks the VID (VLAN ID
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    tagged frame. Note: ●● The switch works in one and only one VLAN mode at any time. When a specific VLAN mode is enabled, the other two VLAN modes will be disabled automatically and the corresponding VLAN configuration will be lost. ●● The switch supports up to 32 VLANs simultaneously. User Guide 47
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    Enable or disable the MTU VLAN mode. 2) In the table below, change the uplink port from the drop-down list according to your needs. Click Apply. Change Uplink Port Select the desired uplink port from the drop-down list. The uplink port will build up several VLANs with each of the other
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    to add ports to. Member Select the ports to add to the VLAN. 3) In the table below, you can verify the configuration result of port based VLAN all the ports are added to VLAN 1. ●● Once a port is added to another VLAN, it is deleted from the original VLAN automatically. ●● Once a port is removed
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    4 Configuring 802.1Q VLAN To complete the 802.1Q configuration, follow these steps: 1) Configure the VLAN, including creating a VLAN and adding the ports to the VLAN. 2) Configure the PVID. 4.1 Configuring the VLAN Choose the menu VLAN > 802.1Q VLAN to load the following page. Figure 4-1 Configuring
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    ID and a VLAN name for identification. Select the untagged port(s) and the tagged port(s) respectively to add to the created VLAN based on the port as an untagged port, as a tagged port or not as a member port in the VLAN. Untagged: Select the egress rule of the port as Untagged. An untagged port
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    load the following page. Figure 4-2 Configuring 802.1Q PVID Follow these steps to configure the PVID: 1) Select the ports and set the PVID for the ports. PVID Set the PVID for the ports. The PVID ranges from 1 to 4094. 2) Click Apply. Note: ●● The PVID configuration will take effect only when
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    Port 1 Port 3 VLAN 3 Department B Host B1 Host B2 Internet 5.2 Configuration Scheme To implement the above requirements, configure 802.1Q VLAN on both switches. ■■ Create VLAN 2. On Switch A, add port 2 and port 4 to VLAN 2, while on Switch B, add port 1, port 2 and port 4 to VLAN 2. User Guide
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    Untagged 3 4 Tagged 1 Switch B 1 Untagged 1 2 Untagged 2 3 Untagged 3 4 Tagged 1 Note: If a port is connected to terminal devices like computers, add the port to the corresponding VLANs as an untagged port, because terminal devices typically do not support VLAN tags. User Guide 54
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    Configuring VLAN Configuration Example for 802.1Q VLAN 5.3 Configuration Steps Demonstrated with TL-SG1016PE, the following section provides configuration steps. The configuration steps on both switches are similar. Here we take Switch A for example. 1) Choose the menu VLAN > 802.1Q VLAN to load
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    for 802.1Q VLAN 2) Choose the menu VLAN > 802.1Q VLAN to load the following page and create VLAN 2. Specify VLAN ID as 2, add port 2 to the VLAN as an untagged port, and add port 4 to the VLAN as a tagged port. Click Add/Modify. Figure 5-3 Creating VLAN 2 and Adding Ports to the VLAN User Guide 56
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    port 4 to the VLAN as a tagged port. Click Add/Modify. Figure 5-4 Creating VLAN 3 and Adding Ports to the VLAN 4) Choose the menu VLAN > 802.1Q VLAN PVID Setting to load the following page. Specify the PVID of port 2 as 2 and click Apply. Specify the PVID of port 3 as 3 and click Apply. User Guide
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    Configuring VLAN Figure 5-5 Configuring 802.1Q PVID Configuration Example for 802.1Q VLAN User Guide 58
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    Configuration VLAN ID VLAN Member Port Default Setting Enable 1 1-5 Table 6-3 Default Settings of 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Parameter 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Default Setting Disable Table 6-4 Default Settings of 802.1Q VLAN PVID Configuration Parameter PVID Default Setting 1 User Guide 59
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    Part 6 Configuring QoS CHAPTERS 1. QoS 2. Configuring Basic QoS 3. Configuring Bandwidth Control 4. Configuring Storm Control 5. Configuration Example for Basic QoS 6. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    services for certain types of traffic. 1.2 Supported Features With the QoS feature, You can configure QoS Basic, Bandwidth Control and Storm Control on the switch rate and egress traffic rate on each port via configuring the available bandwidth of each port. In this way, the network bandwidth
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    supported on the switch: Port Based, 802.1P Based and DSCP Based. ■■ Port Based The port based QoS mode supports the ToS (Type of Service) field in their IP 16-31; Medium=32-47; Highest=48-63). In this mode, the switch prioritizes packets with IP header based on DSCP priority first. Then, the switch
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    . Click Apply. QoS Mode Select the QoS mode. Port Based: In port based mode, the switch prioritizes packets according to their ingress ports, regardless of the packet field or type. 2) In the Port-based Priority Setting section, select the desired ports and specify the priority queue for the
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    ; Highest = 48-63). The switch prioritizes packets with IP header based on DSCP priority first. Then, the switch prioritizes packets with VLAN tag but without IP header base on the PRI field. Finally, the switch prioritizes packets without VLAN tag or IP header based on port priority. User Guide 64
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    steps to configure bandwidth control: 1) Select the desired ports and configure the ingress rate and egress rate for the ports. Ingress Rate (Kbps) Configure the bandwidth for receiving packets on the port. If the rate for receiving packets on the port exceeds the ingress rate, the packets will be
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    port automatically. ●● When egress rate is set for one or more ports, it is recommended to disable the flow control on each port to ensure the switch works normally. ●● For ports in the same LAG, bandwidth control should be configured the same to ensure a successful port aggregation. User Guide
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    Follow these steps to configure storm control: 1) Select the desired ports and configure the upper rate limit for forwarding broadcast packets, the port. Total Rate (Kbit/ sec) Specify the upper rate limit for receiving the packets on the port. If the rate for receiving the packets on the port
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    exceeds the rate on the port, they will be discarded. Multicast: If multicast packets traffic exceeds the rate on the port, they will be discarded. If you enable storm control for a port, ingress rate control will be disabled for that port automatically. ●● For ports in the same LAG, storm control
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    Router Port 1 Port 3 Port 2 Switch A RD Dept. Marketing Dept. 5.2 Configuration Scheme To implement this requirement, you can configure QoS in port port based mode. 1) Enable port based mode. 2) Map port 1 and port 2 to different priorities queues. Demonstrated with TL
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    to load the following page. In the Global Config section, select QoS mode as Port Based. Click Apply. Figure 5-2 Configuring Basic QoS in Port Based Mode 2) In the Port Based Priority Setting section, specify the priority queue for port 1 as 1(Lowest) and click Apply. Specify the priority queue for
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    Figure 5-3 Setting Different Priorities for Port 1 and Port 2
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    6 Appendix: Default Parameters Default settings of QoS basic configuration are listed in the following table. Table 6-1 Default Settings of QoS Basic Configuration Parameter QoS Mode Priority Queue Default Setting DSCP/802.1P Based 1 (Lowest) Default settings of Bandwidth Control configuration
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    Part 7 Configuring PoE (Only for Certain Devices) CHAPTERS 1. Overview 2. Configuring PoE 3. Configuring PoE Auto Recovery 4. Appendix: Default Parameters
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    devices. To check whether your device supports this feature, refer to the datasheet. ●● PoE configuration is only available on certain devices. To check whether your device supports this feature, refer to the non-standard PDs. Only standard PDs can be powered via TP-Link PoE switches. User Guide 74
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    can configure the System Power Limit. Click Apply. System Power Limit Configure the maximum power the PoE switch can supply. System Power Consumption Displays the real-time system power consumption of the PoE switch. System Power Remain Displays the real-time system remaining power of the PoE
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    the port can supply is 30 W. Manual: You can enter a value manually. Power (w) Displays the real-time power supply of the port. Current (mA) Displays the real-time current of the port. Voltage (v) Displays the real-time voltage of the port. PD Class Displays the class which the linked PD
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    switch detects the link status between the ports and connected PDs. The switch pings the IP addresses of PDs constantly. If a PD loses connection, the switch PoE Auto Recovery on the corresponding port to avoid PD's damage. ●● It is recommended to configure the switch and its connected PDs to the
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    for ping failures. If the switch fails to get the ping response from the PD on the port, the switch will retry until the number of be reset after reaching 9,999 or when the switch is rebooted. Total Pings Display the total number of ping packets that the switch sends to the connected PD. It will
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    Default Settings of PoE Config Parameter Global Config System Power Limit Port Config PoE Status Startup Delay Interval Default Setting 150.0 W Enabled of PoE Auto Recovery Parameter Global Config PoE Auto Recovery Port Config Ping IP Address Startup Delay Interval Failure Threshold Break
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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced
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User Guide
Easy Smart Switch
1910012769 REV5.1.0
May 2020