Configuring Your Browser; Accessing The Web Interface - 3Com OfficeConnect 140M User Manual

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Configuring Your Browser

Before you use your web browser to access the web
interface, you must make one small configuration
change to it, so that it always downloads the latest
version of a web page from the web interface.
To do this for Netscape Navigator Version 3.0:
Start Netscape Navigator.
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2 From the Options menu, select Network Preferences.
The preferences dialog box appears.
Check the 'Every Time' checkbox.
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4 Click OK.
To do this for Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 3.0:
1 Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
From the View menu, select Options.
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The Options dialog box appears.
Select the Advanced tab, and in the Advanced
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property sheet click Settings.
Check the 'Every visit to the page' checkbox.
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Click OK.
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Accessing the Web Interface

You can access the web interface for the switch either
through the console port or over the network. Ensure
that your management station has been
appropriately set up for your particular management
method and that any necessary connections have
been made, refer to
Connection to Your Switch"
For management over the network the switch requires
IP information; refer to
Network"
If you want to access the web interface through a
serial link from a Windows
(connected to the console port of the switch), you
must use the 3Com serial web utility (SLIP Driver);
refer to Appendix
Any number of people can access the web interface
over the network, at the same time. There is a
password panel to prevent unauthorized
management of the switch.
"Making a Management
on page 3-4.
"Managing Over the
on page 3-6.
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