NETGEAR GS748T - Getting Started with the GS748 T Smart Switch; Switch Management Interface

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GS748T Smart Switch
Note: Refer to the release notes for the GS748T Smart Switch for
information about issues and workarounds.
Getting Started with the GS748T Smart Switch
This chapter provides an overview of starting your NETGEAR GS748T Powerline AV 200
Extender and accessing the user interface. It also leads you through the steps to use the
Smart Control Center utility. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Switch Management Interface on page 10
• Connecting the Switch to the Network on page 11
• Switch Discovery in a Network with a DHCP Server on page 12
• Switch Discovery in a Network without a DHCP Server on page 14
• Configuring the Network Settings on the Administrative System on page 15
• Web Access on page 16
• Smart Control Center Utilities on page 17
• Understanding the User Interfaces on page 23
• Interface Naming Convention on page 29
Switch Management Interface
The NETGEAR GS748T Smart Switch contains an embedded Web server and management
software for managing and monitoring switch functions. The GS748T functions as a simple
switch without the management software. However, you can use the management software
to configure more advanced features that can improve switch efficiency and overall network
performance.
Web-based management lets you monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using
a standard Web browser instead of using expensive and complicated SNMP software
products. From your Web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch and
optimize its configuration for your network. You can configure all switch features, such as
VLANs, QoS, and ACLs by using the Web-based management interface.
NETGEAR provides the Smart Control Center utility with this product. This program runs
under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Windows 2000, or Windows Vista
®
and provides a front end
that discovers the switches on your network segment (L2 broadcast domain). When you
power up your switch for the first time, use the Smart Control Center to discover the switch
and view the network information that has been automatically assigned to the switch by a
DHCP server; or, if no DHCP server is present on the network, use the Smart Control Center
to discover the switch and assign static network information.