Inactivate Internal Interfaces

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Matthew
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Is there a way to inactivate/disable internal interfaces? Out of the box, the H series has ge3 and ge4 interfaces. I usually want the same untagged interface across all ports. However, I am unable to inactivate the ge4 interface and I have to assign it to at lease one port so that port is stuck on a different subnet. On the USG and Flex series, I could disable the lan2 interface so that all (non-WAN) ports were assigned to the same lan1 interface.

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  • Zyxel_Melen
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    Hi @Matthew,

    As PeterUK mentioned, please ensure the ge4 internface has removed all reference before you remove it.

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  • PeterUK
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    You need to remove all references from ge4 to remove it then you should be able to have all ports as untagged under the same interface

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    I was able to inactivate the ge4 interface but it still requires at least 1 port be assigned to the interface.

  • PeterUK
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    Just remove Ge4 interface if all references are removed then that port will free up. 

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    Hi @Matthew,

    As PeterUK mentioned, please ensure the ge4 internface has removed all reference before you remove it.

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