1.4. Environment used in switch configuration examples
•
switch address set to dynamic
192.168.239
only if no gateway device was connected
•
switch gateway address before does not effect outcome gateway address
When the
Reset
button was applied:
•
always leaves port behaviour configuration unchanged
1.4
Environment used in switch configuration examples
Two networks were used; a hardwired network and a wireless network. The network address of the
hardwired network was
192.168.14.0
and
192.168.8.0
for the wireless network.
Table 1.2: Summary of devices connected to switch of the examples
Port
Description of device
IP address assigned
MAC address
g1
HP Color Laserjet Pro M252dw printer
192.168.14.31
d0:bf:9c:bd:4b:4d
g2
Netgear ReadyNAS 316
192.168.14.107
28:c6:8e:d5:ed:08
g7
Mac Pro server Linux
192.168.14.9
00:3e:e1:c1:74:b3
g19
Mac mini server Linux
192.168.8.7
c8:2a:14:56:3c:a2
g23
D-Link DAP-1650 wireless extender
192.168.8.240
c0:a0:bb:f7:44:c0
Table 1.2 shows the details of the devices used in the examples. The switch was set with address
192.
168.14.155
, placing it on the hardwired ethernet. The netmask for each device was set to
255.255.
0.0
. That mask enabled devices on both networks to communicate. This enabled that Mac mini with
address
192.168.8.7
to act as controller for the switch.
switch
wireless network
Internet
gateway
Figure 1.1: Model of the network visualizations used here
Figure 1.1 shows the style of diagram used to depict the network of each example. In Figure 1.1 the
switch is configured to have two networks with one device connected to the switch and the configured
network. An internet gateway on a separated wireless network is also shown.
A D-Link ASL-2900AL Viper wireless router with IP address on the wireless network of
192.168.
8.244
with corresponding MAC address
e8:cc:18:f1:79:6f
provided a link between the wireless
network and the Internet. The D-Link DAP-1680 wireless extender provided the link between the hard-
wired and wireless networks.
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