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after thinking about this, not sure i want to provide a pathway around the firewall this way. Can always put the HP in place with a lan IP, but not connect it to the lan, then go in with my laptop, physically connect to switch, log into switch and see what is needed
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after thinking about this, not sure i want to provide a pathway around the firewall this way. Can always put the HP in place with a lan IP, but not connect it to the lan, then go in with my laptop, physically connect to switch, log into switch and see what is needed

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Yeah, that's probably much better and sounds like what I would do as well ;-)
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Yeah, that's probably much better and sounds like what I would do as well ;-)

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Have a router from provider connected to a base netgear unmanaged gig switch that then feeds our firewall and rest of net. Need netgear to provide additional wan ports for needed devices. Want to replace the netgear unit with an HP 2530-8G. <br />
Want to configure switch so I can get into it from lan (traffic monitoring), but since it will be on the feed end of firewall, giving it a local LAN address would not appear to work (connected switch off one port of the netgear with a LAN IP and no gateway, and as expected could not ping it)....would greatly appreciate any help available
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Have a router from provider connected to a base netgear unmanaged gig switch that then feeds our firewall and rest of net. Need netgear to provide additional wan ports for needed devices. Want to replace the netgear unit with an HP 2530-8G. 
Want to configure switch so I can get into it from lan (traffic monitoring), but since it will be on the feed end of firewall, giving it a local LAN address would not appear to work (connected switch off one port of the netgear with a LAN IP and no gateway, and as expected could not ping it)....would greatly appreciate any help available

HP switch install

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.