1.3. Buttons to reset the switch
To determine the actual behaviour of the
Reset
and
Factory Defaults
buttons, a series of trials were
performed. The results of those trial are contained in Table 1.1.
Important to note:
The address of the switch does not answer a ping.
Trials were performed with firmware version
6
.
3
.
1
.
9
on the switch. To determine the address of the
switch, version 1.1.3.2 of the Smart Control Center software running on a Windows 8.1 PC plugged into
socket 11 of the switch was used. Switch ports 7 and 19 only were used in the trials. To each of those
ports a PC running Linux was connected. Each trial consisted of exchanging ping packets between those
PCs and observing the results produced. Between trials, the network addresses of each PC was changed.
Table 1.1: Effects of switch reset buttons on switch content
Addresses Before
Button
Addresses After
gateway
switch
Pressed
gateway
switch
Result
gateway device 192.168.23.244 connected
.23.244
static .23.105
reset
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
I
.23.244
static .23.105
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
.8.254
static .8.78
reset
.8.254
static .8.78
I
.8.254
static .8.78
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
reset
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
I
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
.23.244
static .23.78
reset
.23.244
static .23.78
I
.23.244
static .23.78
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
.23.2
static .23.78
reset
.23.2
static .23.78
I
.23.2
static .23.78
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
gateway device 192.168.23.244 removed
.23.2
static .23.78
reset
23.3
static .23.78
I
.23.2
static .23.78
factory
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
R
.0.244
dynamic .0.239
reset
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
I
.0.244
dynamic .0.239
factory
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
R
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
reset
0.0.0.0
dynamic .23.105
I
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
factory
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
R
gateway device 192.168.23.244 connected
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
reset
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
I
0.0.0.0
dynamic .0.239
factory
.23.244
dynamic .23.105
R
With respect to the trials data reported in Table 1.1,
Note
:
•
all addresses shown are prefixed by 192.168, execpt 0.0.0.0
•
no device corresponding to the switch gateway address
192.168.8.254
was attached
•
switch firmware required its gateway and its address be set on same network
•
only in static address mode could the switch address be set manually
•
gateway and switch before addresses were those set using the Smart Control Center software
•
the Result column shows results produced relative to the prior port configuration setting
•
Result indicators: I means
intact
(no change); R means
reset
(change)
Behaviour patterns appear in Table 1.1. When the
Factory reset
button was applied:
•
removes all port behaviour configuration
3