Setting The Ip Address - 3Com Baseline 2816 User Manual

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HAPTER ONFIGURING THE
sticker on the base of the Switch. This sticker contains
the MAC address and default IP address of the Switch.
To detect its IP information using the automatic config-
uration process, the Switch goes through the following
sequence of steps:
The Switch tries to configure itself with the default IP
1
address
169.254.x.y
from the last two bytes of its MAC address.
For example, if the MAC address were
the IP address would be
used if the Switch is operating in a standalone mode, or
no other switches on the network have this IP address.
The Switch also assigns the subnet mask 255.255.0.0
(default class B mask) to itself.
If this default IP address is already in use on the
2
network, then the Switch detects this, and increments
the last byte of the MAC address by one to generate its
IP address.
The IP address would therefore become
3 The Switch repeats step 2 until an unused IP address is
found.
3Com recommends using automatic IP configuration
only for the initial setup. Once you gain access to the
console, you should assign an IP address to the Switch
(either by using DHCP or assigning a static IP address) to
ensure successful communication between the Switch
and other network devices.
S
WITCH
, where and are converted
x y
08004E000102
. This address is
169.254.1.2
169.254.1.3

Setting the IP Address

To set the IP address for the Switch:
On the menu, click IP Settings. The IP Settings page
1
appears.
Figure 11 IP Settings Page
,
.
2 Configure the Switch's IP settings. Available options are
listed in Table 8.