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Easy Smart Configuration Utility
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CONTENTS Chapter 1 About this Guide.................................................................................1 1.1 Intended Readers ......................................................................................................1 1.2 Conventions...............................................................................................................1 1.3 Overview of This Guide .............................................................................................1
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6.3 802.1Q VLAN ..........................................................................................................30 6.4 802.1Q PVID Setting ...............................................................................................31 Chapter 7 QoS ....................................................................................................33 7.1 QoS Basic................................................................................................................35 7.
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains information for setup and guidance of the Easy Smart Configuration Utility. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Intended Readers This Guide is intended for network managers familiar with IT concepts and network terminologies. 1.2 Conventions In this Guide the following conventions are used: Menu Name →Submenu Name indicates the menu structure. System →System Info →Sys
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Chapter Introduction Chapter 3 System This module is used to configure system properties of the switch. Here mainly introduces: System Info: View device information and define the device description. IP Setting: Get and modify the network parameters of the switch. User Account: Modify the username and password for users to log on to the Web management page. Backup and Restore: Save the current configuration file to your computer
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Chapter Introduction Chapter 6 VLAN This module is used to configure VLANs to control broadcast in LANs. Here mainly introduces: MTU VLAN: Set the MTU VLAN mode. Port Based VLAN: Set the Port-Based VLAN mode 802.1Q VLAN: Set the 802.1Q Tag VLAN mode. 802.1Q PVID Setting: Configure 802.1Q PVID value. Chapter 7 QoS This module is used to configure QoS function to provide different quality of service for various network applications an
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 Introduction Easy Smart Configuration Utility is the management software for the TP-LINK Easy Smart Switches. The utility allows operators to centrally manage entire networks of the Easy Smart Switches, such as TL-SG108E/TL-SG1016DE/TL-SG1024DE. We will take TL-SG108E for example throughout this Guide. 2.2 Install the Easy Smart Configuration Utility If an earlier version of the utility is present on your compu
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide 2. Then the following screen will appear. Click Next to continue. If you want to stop the installation, click Cancel. Figure 2-2 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard 3. Choose the destination location for the installation files and click Next to continue. Figure 2-3 Choose Destination Location By default, the installation files are saved on the Program Files folder of system disk. Click the Change button to modify the destination location
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Figure 2-4 Install the Utility 5. The InstallShield Wizard is installing Easy Smart Configuration Utility shown as the following screen. Please wait. Figure 2-5 Setup Status 6. On the following screen, click Finish to complete the installation. 6
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Figure 2-6 InstallShield Wizard Complete 7. The installation process creates a TP-LINK subdirectory under the \Program Files directory on your computer, copies the utility program into the \Program Files\TP-LINK\Easy Smart Configuration Utility directory, and places a utility icon on the computer desktop. 2.3 Switch Discovery When the utility is launched, it immediately searches the network for TP-LINK Easy Smart Switches. 7
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide The discovered switches are listed as below. Figure 2-7 Main Page Click Help in the left bottom to access to the TP-LINK support website for more help. Note: The maximum number of the discovered switches is 30. 2.4 Switch Settings You can select a switch and click to configure or display its status. Figure 2-8 Discovered Switch 8
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide The setting figure will shown as below: Figure 2-9 Switch Setting You can configure the switch’s Device Description, DHCP Setting, IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway on this page. The login User Name and Password are required to complete the configuration. By default, they are both admin. Clicking Apply can only make the new configurations effective before the switch is rebooted. If you want to keep the configurations effective eve
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Figure 2-10 Discovered Switch Enter the User Name and Password to log on to the configuration interface. They are both admin by default. Figure 2-11 Login The configuration figure is shown as blow: Figure 2-12 Switch Configuration Area in the red box shows the device model number of the switch that you are managing now. 10
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Click the icon to save the current configurations. Click the icon to return to the discovering page. Note: The switch you log on to should be in the same subnet with your computer. 2.7 Uninstall the Utility If you want to remove the Easy Smart Configuration Utility, please take the following steps: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to All Programs TP-LINK Easy Smart Configuration Utility, and then click Uninstall
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Figure 2-14 Preparing Setup 3. On the continued screen, click Yes to remove the utility from your PC. Figure 2-15 Uninstall the Utility 4. Click Finish to complete. Figure 2-16 Uninstall Complete Return to CONTENTS 12
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Chapter 3 System The System module is mainly for system configuration of the switch, including seven submenus: System Info, IP Setting, User Account, Backup and Restore, System Reboot, System Reset and Firmware Upgrade. 3.1 System Info On this page you can view the system information and define the device description. Choose the menu System →System Info to load the following page. Figure 3-1 System Information System Info Device Descr
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide 3.2 IP Setting Each device in the network possesses a unique IP address. You can log on to the IP Setting page to operate the switch using this IP address. The switch supports the DCHP mode to obtain an IP address. The IP address obtained using a new mode will replace the original IP address. On this page you can get and modify the network parameters of the switch. Choose the menu System →IP Setting to load the following page. Figure 3-2 S
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Figure 3-3 System User Setting The following entries are displayed on this screen: System User Setting User Name: Create a name for administrator’s login. Old Password: Type the old password. Password: Type a new password for administrator’s login. Confirm Password: Retype the new password. Note: 1. The length of user name and password should not be more than 16 characters using digits, letters and underlines only. 2. The default
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide The following entries are displayed on this screen: System Config Backup Backup Config: Click the Backup Config button to save the current configuration as a file to your computer. You are suggested to take this measure before upgrading. System Config Restore Restore Config: Click the Choose File button to select the backup configuration file, then click the Restore Config button. It will take effect after the switch automatically reb
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Easy Smart Configuration Utility User Guide Choose the menu System →System Reset to load the following page. Figure 3-6 System Reset Note: After the system is reset, the switch will be reset to the default and all the settings will be cleared. 3.7 Firmware Upgrade The switch system can be upgraded via this management page. To upgrade the system is to get more functions and better performance. Go to http://www.tp-link.com to download the updated firmware. Choose the menu System →Fir
