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WebSwitch™ Users Manual
2.3 Establishing Communications for Setup
WebSwitch™ is set up using a web browser. The first task is to establish communications between a
computer and WebSwitch™ so that the browser-based configuration can begin. To do this, the computer
and the WebSwitch™ must be physically connected to the same network and both must have IP
addresses on the same network. There are two ways to set up the computer and WebSwitch™ so that
they are on the same network. The first (Option 1) is to change the IP address of WebSwitch™ to an
address that is on the same network as the computer. The second (Option 2) is to change the IP
address of the computer to an address that is on the same network that WebSwitch™ is set to by
default.
2.3.1 Option 1: Assign a temporary IP address to WebSwitch™
This option is used to TEMPORARILY assign an IP address to WebSwitch™ without the need to change
the IP address of the configuration computer. Note that WebSwitch™ will only use this IP address as
long as power is maintained. Once power is lost and restored, WebSwitch™ will use the IP address
assigned in the setup page and not the temporary address assigned here. This means that once
communications are established, the desired IP address should be entered into the
Network
setup tab
using the browser.
To assign the temporary IP address...
1. Make sure WebSwitch™ and the configuration computer are connected to the same network.
This will not work through routers or gateways.
2. Assign the address as follows:
Windows:
Open a Command Prompt (select START, then RUN, then type “cmd”).
Note: For Vista, the Command Prompt should be run as administrator (select Start, then type “cmd” and
right click on “cmd” and select “Run as administrator”).
Type:
arp -s {new IP address} {serial number of WebSwitch™ }
Note: IP address format is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Serial number format is ss-ss-ss-ss-ss-ss
For example, to set WebSwitch™ (with serial number 00-0C-C8-01-00-01 ) to 10.10.10.40 the
following command would be used:
arp -s 10.10.10.40 00-0c-c8-01-00-01
Next, type:
ping -l 102 {new IP address}
For example, if the new IP address is 10.10.10.40, the following command would be used:
ping -l 102 10.10.10.40
Linux/Unix:
Open a terminal, change to root user (su -, then enter root password).
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