Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................3 2. Package Contents ..................4 3. Requirements ..................... 5 4. Starting Web Management ................6 4.1 Logging in to the Managed Switch ............6 4.2 Saving Configuration via the Web ............8 5. Terminal Setup ................... 9 5.1 Logging on to Console ................10 5.2 Configuring IP Address ................10 5.3 Saving the Configuration via the Console ..........12...
Open the box of the Managed Switch and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: 2. Package Contents GS-4210- Model Series Model Name 24P4C / 48T4S / 8P2S 8P2T2S 16P4C 24PL4C 48P4S Packaged Items The Managed Switch Quick Installation Guide ...
3. Requirements z Workstations running Windows 10/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/2008, MAC OS X or later, Linux, UNIX, or other platforms are compatible with TCP/IP protocols. z Workstations are installed with Ethernet NIC (Network Interface Card) z Serial Port Connection (Terminal) The above Workstations come with COM Port (DB9) or USB-to-RS-232 converter. The above Workstations have been installed with terminal emulator, such as Tera Term, PuTTY or Hyper Terminal included in Windows XP/2003.
4. Starting Web Management The following shows how to start up the Web Management of the Managed Switch. Note the Managed Switch is configured through an Ethernet connection. Please make sure the manager PC must be set to the same IP subnet address. For example, the default IP address of the Managed Switch is 192.168.0.100, then the manager PC should be set to 192.168.0.x (where x is a number between 1 and 254, except 100), and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
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The following web screen based on GS-4210-8P2S will be the same as that of GS-4210 series. Note 3. After entering the password, the main screen appears as Figure 4-3 shows. Figure 4-3: Web Main Screen of Managed Switch The Switch Menu on the top of the Web page lets you access all the commands and statistics the Managed Switch provides. The Switch Menu always contains one or more buttons, such as “System”, “Switching”, “QoS”, “Security”, “PoE”...
Figure 4-5: Switch Menu Now, you can use the Web management interface to continue the Switch management. Please refer to the user’s manual for more. 4.2 Saving Configuration via the Web To save all applied changes and set the current configuration as a startup configuration on the Web user interface, the startup-configuration file will be loaded automatically across a system reboot.
5. Terminal Setup The GS-4210-8P2T2S, GS-4210-16P4C, GS-4210-24P4C and GS-4210-24PL4C are equipped with a console interface for local switch setup and maintenance. To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or notebook computer and to the RJ45 type of the console port of the Managed Switch. PC / Workstation with Managed Switch...
5.1 Logging on to Console Once the terminal is connected to the device, power on the Managed Switch and the terminal will display “running testing procedures”. Then, the following message asks to log in user name and password. The factory default user name and password are shown as follows, and the login screen in Figure 5-3 appears.
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Figure 5-4: IP Information Screen Configuring IP address 3. At the “GS-4210 Series#” prompt, enter “configure”. 4. At the “GS-4210 Series(config)#” prompt, enter the following command and press <Enter> as shown in Figure 5-5. GS-4210 Series(config)# ip address 192.168.1.100 mask 255.255.255.0 GS-4210 Series(config)# ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254 The previous command would apply the following settings for the Switch.
RAM to FLASH by writing the command or copying the running-config startup- config command, so that the running configuration sequence becomes the startup configuration file, which is called configuration save. At the “GS-4210 Series#” prompt, enter “copy running-config startup- config” as shown in Figure 5-6. Figure 5-6: The Configuration Screen...
6. Recovering Back to Default Configuration IP Address has been changed or admin password has been forgotten – To reset the IP address to the default IP address “192.168.0.100” or reset the login password to default value, press the hardware-based reset button on the front panel for about 10 seconds. After the device is rebooted, you can log in the management Web interface within the same subnet of 192.168.0.xx.