2.3 Preparing for Configuration
To configure an SMC2586W-G, a managing computer with a Web browser is
needed. For first-time configuration of an SMC2586W-G, an Ethernet net-
work interface card (NIC) should have been installed in the managing com-
puter. For maintenance configuration of a deployed SMC2586W-G, either a
wireless computer or a wired computer can be employed as the managing
computer.
NOTE: If you are using the browser, Opera, to configure an SMC2586W-G,
click the menu item File, click Preferences... click File types, and edit the
MIME type, text/html, to add a file extension“.sht” so that Opera can work
properly with the Web management pages of the SMC2586W-G.
Since the configuration/management protocol is HTTP-based, you have to
make sure that the IP address of the managing computer and the IP address
of the managed SMC2586W-G are in the same IP subnet (the default IP
address of SMC2586W-G is 192.168.2.50 and the default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0.) [DHCP Client is enabled by default. It will default to
192.168.2.50 if there is no DHCP server available on the network.]
Connecting the Managing Computer and the SMC2586W-G
To connect the managing computer and the SMC2586W-G for the first-time,
you have two choices as illustrated in Fig. 4
Fig. 4. Connecting a managing computer and an SMC2586W-G via Ethernet.
You can use either a cross-over Ethernet cable (included in the package) or a
switch/hub with 2 straight-through Ethernet cables.
NOTE: One connector of the Ethernet cable must be plugged into the LAN
Ethernet port of the SMC2586W-G for configuration.
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