Manually Configuring Ip Information; Connecting To A Front Panel Port - 3Com 3C17709 Getting Started Manual

Manually
Configuring IP
Information
Connecting to a Front
Panel Port
You can manually configure the Switch IP information in the following
ways:
Connecting to a front panel port — Connect a workstation using an
Ethernet cable to a front panel port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the web interface or the
command line interface (CLI).
Connecting to the console port — Connect a workstation using a
console cable to the console port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the command line interface (CLI).
To set up your Switch manually you can make a connection to a front
panel port. You must do this whilst the Switch is offline, that is, before
you connect the Switch to a network.
The procedure described in this section assumes the unit has been
powered up in standalone mode and has the default IP address of
169.254.100.100.
Pre-requisites
A workstation running Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT.
A Network Interface Card (NIC).
A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
A suitable Web browser — refer to
You need to have the following so that you can manually set up the
Switch with IP information:
IP address
subnet mask
default gateway

Manually Configuring IP Information

"Choosing a Browser"on
35
page 47.