![]() ![]() Sometimes I like to be able to check a status on my phone without having to find a computer with the right plugins. ![]() I don't know if that means 'no Java in the directions means no Java needed' or 'when you get to the switch it'll tell you to get Java and you shouldn't have a problem with that because you must be an administrator if you're setting this up'. ![]() And sure, it has command line management as well, but some stuff is easier in the GUI (and vice-versa).Ĭan anyone definitively answer if newer HP switches require Java? I couldn't really find anything that shows system requirements for the GUI, just that it exists. By fall I'm going to have to use Firefox just to have a browser that lets me run Java since Chrome will turn off their current work around. ![]() I'm sure someone out there requires Flash or some proprietary garbage to manage their switches. I have some newer Netgear PoE switches that actually just run their management in a browser with no plugins. I had some tiny little Netgear 8 port switches that wanted WinPCap installed to manage it (they work just as well without it, unmanaged). They work well enough, their lifetime warranty is still valid, the biggest problem being that they require Java in order to use the GUI. Where I work we have some old HP ProCurve switches (4108gl, 4208vl). ![]()
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