Connecting The Switch To A Network - EnGenius EWS Series User Manual

Connecting the Switch to a Network

Discovery in a Network with a DHCP server
Use the procedure below to setup the Switch within a network that uses DHCP.
Connect the supplied Power Cord to the Switch and plug the other end into an electrical outlet.
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Verify the power LED indicator is lit on the Switch.
Wait for the Switch to complete booting up. It might take a minute for the Switch to completely boot
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up.
Connect one end of a Category 5/6 Ethernet cable into the Gigabit (10/100/1000Mpbs) Ethernet
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port on the Switch front panel and the other end to the Ethernet port on the computer. Verify that
the LED on the Ethernet ports of the Switch are Green.
Once your computer is on, ensure that your TCP/IP is set to On or Enabled. Open Network
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Connections and then click Local Area Connection. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). If
your computer is already on a network, ensure that you have set it to a Static IP Address on the
Interface (Example: 192.168.0.10 and the Subnet mask address as 255.255.255.0).
Open a web browser on your computer. In the address bar of the web browser, enter 192.168.0.239
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and press Enter.
A login screen will appear. By default, the username is admin and the password is password. Enter
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the current password of the Switch and then click Login. To make access to the web-based
management interface more secure, it's highly recommended that you change the password to
something more unique.
Click IP Settings under the System tab and select IPv4 or IPv6.
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Click DHCP under Auto-Configuration.
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Click Apply to save the settings.
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Connect the Switch to your network (DHCP enabled).
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On the DHCP server, find and write down the IP address allocated to the device. Use this IP address
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to access the management interface.
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