Manual Setup
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Manual Setup
You can set up a Switch manually in the following ways:
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Connecting to a front panel port — Connect a workstation using an
Ethernet cable to a front panel port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the web interface.
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Connecting to the console port — Connect a workstation using a
console cable to the console port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the command line interface (CLI).
Connecting to a Front
Panel Port
To set up your Switch manually you can make a connection to a front
panel port. You must do this whilst the Switch is offline, that is, before
you connect the Switch to a network.
Pre-requisites
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A workstation running Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT.
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A Network Interface Card (NIC).
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A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
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A suitable Web browser — refer to “Choosing a Browser”on page 44.
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You need to have the following so that you can manually set up the
Switch with IP information:
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IP address
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subnet mask
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default gateway
Connecting the Workstation to the Switch
1 Connect the workstation to a front panel port using an Ethernet cable as
shown in Figure 7
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Figure 7 Connecting a workstation to the Switch via a front panel port
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