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Smart Switch Series Software
Manual
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Phone 1-888-NETGEAR
July 2005
July 2005
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© 2005 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the Netgear logo, The Gear Guy and Everybody’s connecting are trademarks of Netgear, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the righ
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Contents Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience .........................................................................................................................1-1 Why the Document was Created ....................................................................................1-1 How to Use This Document ............................................................................................1-1 Typographical Conventions ................................................................
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Switch> VLAN> IEEE802.1Q Tag VLAN ..........................................................3-7 Switch> Trunking Page ...........................................................................................3-9 Switch> Monitor Page ...........................................................................................3-10 Switch> Advanced> Jumbo Frame ..................................................................3-10 Switch> Advanced> Spanning Tree Page .............................
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Chapter 1 About This Guide ™ Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR Smart Switch Series Switch. Audience This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic-to-intermediate computer and Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, and wireless technology tutorial information is provided in the Appendices. This document describes configuration commands for the Smart Switch Series Switch software. The commands can be accessed from the CLI, telnet, and Web interfaces. Why the
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual Note: Refer to the release notes for the Smart Switch Series Switch Software application level code. The release notes detail the platform specific functionality of the Switching, SNMP, Config, and Management packages. Typographical Conventions This guide uses the following typographical conventions: Table 1. Typographical conventions italics Emphasis. bold times roman User input. [Enter] Named keys in text are shown enclosed in square brackets. The notation
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Chapter 2 Switch Management Overview This chapter gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR Smart Switch Series Switch. Topics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management Access Overview Your NETGEAR Smart Switch contains software for viewing, changing, and monitoring the way it works. This management software is not required for the switch to work. You can use the 10/ 100 Mbps ports and the built-in Giga
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual Table 2-1. Comparing Switch Management Methods Management Method Advantages Disadvantages SmartWizard • No IP address or subnet needed Show all • Not convenient for remote access Discovery Utility switches on the network • User-friendly interface • Firmware upgradeable Web browser • Can be accessed from any location via the • Security can be compromised (hackers switch’s IP address can attack if they know IP address) • Password protected • May encounter l
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual Switch Management Overview 2-3 July 2005
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Chapter 3 Getting Started This chapter will walk you through the steps to start managing your switch. This chapter will cover how to get started in a network with a DHCP server (most common) as well as if you do not have a DHCP server. For a Network with a DHCP Server 1. Connect the Smart Switch to a DHCP network. 2. Power on the Smart Switch by plugging in power cord. 3. Install the Smartwizard Discovery program on your computer 4. Start the Smartwizard Discovery utility. (Chapter 4 h
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual Figure 3-2: Smartwizard Discovery > Web Access 7. To manage your switch via your web browser, click Web Access. The main page below will display. The default password is password. Figure 3-3: Web Management main page Getting Started 3-2 July 2005
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual For a Network without a DHCP Server 1. Connect your switch to your existing network. 2. Power on your switch by plugging in the power cord. 3. The default IP is 192.168.0.239. 4. Install the Smartwizard Discovery program on your PC. 5. Start the Smartwizard Discovery utility. 6. Click Discover to find your switch. 7. Click Configuration Setting. Figure 3-4: Assigning the switch a static IP address 8. Choose Disable on DHCP. 9. Enter your IP address,
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual 11. To manage your switch via your web browser, click Web Access. The main page below will display. The default password is password. Figure 3-5: Web Management main page Getting Started 3-4 July 2005
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual 3-5 Getting Started July 2005
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Chapter 4 Web-Based Management Interface Your NETGEAR Smart Switch series provides a built-in browser interface that lets you configure and manage it remotely using a standard Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. This interface also allows for system monitoring of the switch. The help page will cover many of the basic functions and features of the switch and its web interface. Web Management requires either Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later or Netsc
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual There is a Help Menu in the top of right side of screen. Click the help to read the full Help Menu. On some pages, there is a Help button. If you click that button, you will go to the part of the Help Menu that discusses that page. Within the various browser interface pages, there are several buttons that you can use. Their names and functions are below: Browse: Locates a certain path for a desired file. Refresh: Pulls that screen’s data from current
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Control support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default setting for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed and duplex for the port. DOWN means no link. The next part of the Switch Status page shows the Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) status. A VLAN is a way to electronically separate specified ports on the same switch into separate broadcast domains. By using VLAN, users c
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual • The DHCP function is enabled by default. Click Static IP Address to disable the DHCP function. • Enter site-specific IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway in the appropriate boxes • Click Apply to activate the setting System> Password Page The password entered is encrypted on the screen and will display as a sequence of asterisks (*). The default password is ‘password’ and can be changed here. • Type the old password in the Old Password field • Type
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Control support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default setting for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed and duplex for the port. DOWN means no link. Switch> Port Configuration: Set speed • Click a port ID. • Click to select a speed from the pull-down menu under Speed. • Click Apply to activate the new speed. Note: Please be aware that speed must set as same as link partn
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Smart Switch Series Software Manual • Tx Error: Transmitted packet/s with error. • Rx Error: Received packet/s with error. Packets are counted as TX Error if they: • Had a late collision detected during the transmission (512 bit-times into the transmission). • Experienced 16 failed transmission attempts due to collision. • Were dropped due to lack of resources. Packets are counted as RX Error if they: • Were less than 64 bytes or greater than 1522 bytes? • Had a bad FCS. • Were drop
