Publication date: Aug., 2014
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Managing 9-PortGbE Web Smart PoE Switch through Ethernet Port
Before you communicate with the switch, you have to finish first the
configuration of the IP address or to know the IP address of the switch. Then,follow
the procedures listed below.
1. Set up a physical path between the configured the switch and a PC
by a qualified UTP Cat. 5 cable with RJ-45 connector.
Note: If PC directly connects to the switch, you have to setup the
same subnetmask between them. But, subnet maskmay be different
for thePC in the remote site. Please refer to Fig. 2-6 about the 9-
PortGbE Web Smart Switch default IP address information.
2. Run web browser and follow the menu. Please refer to Chapter4.
Fig. 2-7 the Login Screen for Web
2-1-4. IP Address Assignment
For IP address configuration, there are three parameters needed to be filled
in. They are IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS.
IP address:
The address of the network device in the network is used for internetworking
communication. Its address structure looks is shown in the Fig. 2-8. It is “classful”
because it is split into predefined address classes or categories.
Each class has its own network range between the network identifier and
host identifier in the 32 bits address. Each IP address comprises two parts: network
identifier (address) and host identifier (address). The former indicates the network
where the addressed host resides, and the latter indicates the individual host in the
network which the address of host refers to. And the host identifier must be unique
in the same LAN. Here the term of IP address we used is version 4, known as IPv4.
Network identifier
Host identifier
Fig. 2-8 IP address structure
With the classful addressing, it divides IP address into three classes, class A,
class B and class C. The rest of IP addresses are for multicast and broadcast. The
bit length of the network prefix is the same as that of the subnet mask and is
32 bits