GS305EP¶

Port map as the library addresses these ports — schematic, not a faceplate layout.

A 5-port Plus switch with PoE on 4 ports. No SNMP; managed over NSDP and the web UI.

At a glance¶

Field	Value
Registry key	`gs305ep`
Product name	GS305EP
Class	plus
Ports	5
PoE (PSE) ports	4
Backends	`NSDP`, `HTTP`
SNMP vendor subtree	`none (standard MIBs only)`
MAC/FDB table	no

Not captured from hardware. This is the one model here with no device capture and no live run: every unit in this fleet (10.1.5.28-.30) was powered off when the attempt was made. What it is grounded in is two independent implementations that drive these switches — py_netgear_plus for the merge-hash login and the PoE/VLAN CGI paths, and netgear-smp-vlan for the 8021qCf.cgi/8021qMembe.cgi/portPVID.cgi field shapes and the 1=untagged/2=tagged/3=excluded wire codes, observed on a GS105PE.

So the page shapes are grounded, but the values are not: the mock seed is hand-invented (seed_gs305ep() says so) and the web-UI fixtures under tests/fixtures/http/gs305ep_*.html each carry an UNVERIFIED-pending-capture: synthetic marker. Treat behaviour recorded here as the documented shape, not as observed values — and see GS105PE, whose read paths turned out NOT to be shareable with this model even though the two do share a login scheme.

Seed: seed_gs305ep().

What works, over which protocol¶

Operation	What it does	`NSDP`	`HTTP`
`get_ports`	Per-port link/admin status	✓	✓
`get_stats`	Per-port octet/packet counters	✓	✓
`get_vlans`	VLAN list with tagged/untagged members	✓	✓
`get_pvids`	Per-port PVID	✓	✓
`get_lldp`	LLDP neighbour table	— [gs305ep-1]	— [gs305ep-2]
`get_macs`	MAC/FDB forwarding table	— [gs305ep-3]	— [gs305ep-4]
`get_poe`	Per-port PoE status and power draw	— [gs305ep-5]	✓
`get_sensors`	Fan/PSU/temperature sensors	— [gs305ep-6]	— [gs305ep-7]
`get_mgmt_ip`	Management IP configuration	✓	— [gs305ep-8]
`get_hostname`	The switch’s host name	✓	— [gs305ep-9]
`get_users`	Local login accounts and their access level	— [gs305ep-10]	— [gs305ep-11]
`get_services`	Which management services (http/https/telnet/ssh) are enabled	— [gs305ep-12]	— [gs305ep-13]
`get_syslog`	Remote-logging configuration and collectors	— [gs305ep-14]	— [gs305ep-15]
`nsdp_device`	Full NSDP device record	✓	— [gs305ep-16]
`set_port_enabled`	Bring a port up or down	— [gs305ep-17]	— [gs305ep-18]
`set_poe`	Enable or disable PoE on a port	— [gs305ep-19]	✓
`cycle_poe`	Power-cycle a PoE port	— [gs305ep-19]	✓
`clear_poe_fault`	Clear a latched PoE fault	— [gs305ep-19]	✓
`set_port_description`	Set or clear a port’s description	✓	— [gs305ep-20]
`set_port_speed`	Force a port’s speed/duplex, or restore auto-negotiation	— [gs305ep-21]	— [gs305ep-22]
`set_flow_control`	Turn IEEE 802.3x flow control on or off for a port	— [gs305ep-23]	— [gs305ep-23]
`set_pvid`	Set a port’s PVID	✓	✓
`set_vlan_membership`	Set a port tagged/untagged/excluded on a VLAN	✓	✓
`create_vlan`	Create a VLAN	✓	✓
`delete_vlan`	Delete a VLAN	✓	✓
`set_mgmt_ip`	Set the management IP/mask/gateway	✓	— [gs305ep-24]
`set_hostname`	Set the switch’s host name	✓	— [gs305ep-25]
`set_syslog_enabled`	Turn remote logging on or off	— [gs305ep-26]	— [gs305ep-26]
`add_syslog_collector`	Add a remote syslog collector	— [gs305ep-27]	— [gs305ep-27]
`remove_syslog_collector`	Remove a remote syslog collector	— [gs305ep-28]	— [gs305ep-29]
`upload_certificate`	Upload an HTTPS certificate over the web UI	— [gs305ep-30]	— [gs305ep-31]
`upload_certificate_scp`	Deploy an HTTPS certificate via FASTPATH `copy scp://`	— [gs305ep-32]	— [gs305ep-32]

[gs305ep-1]

NSDP has no LLDP neighbour tag (measured by an exhaustive NSDP tag sweep of a real GS110EMX (10.1.5.25, firmware 1.0.2.8, 2026-07-30) covering every tag in the 16-bit space; see nsdp_read.py for the full tag inventory)

[gs305ep-2]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_lldp (LLDP neighbour table)

[gs305ep-3]

NSDP has no MAC/FDB table tag (measured by an exhaustive NSDP tag sweep of a real GS110EMX (10.1.5.25, firmware 1.0.2.8, 2026-07-30) covering every tag in the 16-bit space; see nsdp_read.py for the full tag inventory)

[gs305ep-4]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_macs (MAC/FDB forwarding table)

[gs305ep-5]

NSDP has no PoE status tag (measured by an exhaustive NSDP tag sweep of a real GS110EMX (10.1.5.25, firmware 1.0.2.8, 2026-07-30) covering every tag in the 16-bit space; see nsdp_read.py for the full tag inventory); use the HTTP backend for PoE

[gs305ep-6]

NSDP has no environmental-sensor tag (measured by an exhaustive NSDP tag sweep of a real GS110EMX (10.1.5.25, firmware 1.0.2.8, 2026-07-30) covering every tag in the 16-bit space; see nsdp_read.py for the full tag inventory)

[gs305ep-7]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_sensors (Fan/PSU/temperature sensors)

[gs305ep-8]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_mgmt_ip (Management IP configuration)

[gs305ep-9]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_hostname (The switch’s host name)

[gs305ep-10]

get_users is served only over CONSOLE, HTTP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-11]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_users (Local login accounts and their access level)

[gs305ep-12]

get_services is served only over CONSOLE, HTTP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-13]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_services (Which management services (http/https/telnet/ssh) are enabled)

[gs305ep-14]

get_syslog is served only over CONSOLE, HTTP, SNMP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-15]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for get_syslog (Remote-logging configuration and collectors)

[gs305ep-16]

nsdp_device is served only over NSDP

[gs305ep-17]

per-port admin-enable over NSDP is UNPROVEN on these Plus models: the measured tag inventory (GS110EMX fw 1.0.2.8) has two candidate per-port config tags (0x0800, 0x9400) whose semantics were never settled – no write has been attempted against either, and a wrong guess can drop the port’s link. Use the HTTP backend, whose port-settings page IS grounded

[gs305ep-18]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for set_port_enabled (Bring a port up or down)

[gs305ep-19] (1,2,3)

NSDP has no PoE control tag (measured by an exhaustive tag sweep of a real GS110EMX, 10.1.5.25 fw 1.0.2.8, 2026-07-30 – see nsdp_read._SWEEP); use the HTTP backend for PoE

[gs305ep-20]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for set_port_description (Set or clear a port’s description)

[gs305ep-21]

set_port_speed is served only over CONSOLE, HTTP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-22]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for set_port_speed (Force a port’s speed/duplex, or restore auto-negotiation)

[gs305ep-23] (1,2)

set_flow_control is served only over CONSOLE, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-24]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for set_mgmt_ip (Set the management IP/mask/gateway)

[gs305ep-25]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for set_hostname (Set the switch’s host name)

[gs305ep-26] (1,2)

set_syslog_enabled is served only over CONSOLE, SNMP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-27] (1,2)

add_syslog_collector is served only over CONSOLE, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-28]

remove_syslog_collector is served only over CONSOLE, HTTP, SNMP, SSH, TELNET

[gs305ep-29]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for remove_syslog_collector (Remove a remote syslog collector)

[gs305ep-30]

upload_certificate is served only over HTTP

[gs305ep-31]

model ‘gs305ep’ web UI has no page for upload_certificate (Upload an HTTPS certificate over the web UI)

[gs305ep-32] (1,2)

upload_certificate_scp is served only over CONSOLE, SSH, TELNET

Measured behaviour¶

PoE is reachable over the web UI only. The hardware is there, and both PoE status and configuration are available — but NSDP has no PoE tag at all, which makes this model the clearest argument for naming a backend:

Sync

switch.get_poe()                      # UnsupportedCapabilityError
switch.get_poe(backend=Backend.HTTP)  # works

Async

await switch.get_poe()                      # UnsupportedCapabilityError
await switch.get_poe(backend=Backend.HTTP)  # works

The default backend for a Plus switch is NSDP, so the first call resolves there and refuses rather than quietly answering over HTTP. The error names the alternative — see Concepts.

Its web UI uses the ``MERGE_HASH_CGI`` scheme, the same one as the GS105PE: the login page carries a nonce, the password is hashed together with it, and the result is posted to a .cgi endpoint.

The management IP is readable over NSDP but not over its web UI, which ships no page carrying it — one of the backend-parity gaps listed in Support matrix.

Protocols¶

NSDP — the default backend.
HTTP web UI — the MERGE_HASH_CGI scheme; the only route to PoE on this model.