Gs716T And Gs724T Smart Switch Setup; Switch Management Interface - NETGEAR GS716T Software Administration Manual

Note: Refer to the release notes for the GS716T and GS724T Gigabit
Smart Switches for information about issues and workarounds.

GS716T and GS724T Smart Switch Setup

This chapter provides an overview of starting your NETGEAR GS716T and GS724T Smart
Switch and accessing the user interface. It also leads you through the steps to use the Smart
Control Center utility. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Switch Management Interface
• Connecting the Switch to the Network
• Switch Discovery in a Network with a DHCP Server
• Switch Discovery in a Network without a DHCP Server
• Network Settings Configuration on the Administrative System
• Web Access on page 16
• Smart Control Center Utilities
• User Interfaces
• Interface Naming Convention

Switch Management Interface

The NETGEAR GS716T and GS724T Smart Switches contains an embedded Web server
and management software for managing and monitoring switch functions. The GS716T and
GS724T functions as a simple switch without the management software. However, you can
use the management software to configure more advanced features that can improve switch
efficiency and overall network performance.
Web-based management lets you monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using
a standard Web browser instead of using expensive and complicated SNMP software
products. From your Web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch and
optimize its configuration for your network. You can configure all switch features, such as
VLANs, QoS, and ACLs by using the Web-based management interface.
NETGEAR provides the Smart Control Center utility with this product. This program runs
under Microsoft Windows
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that discovers the switches on your network segment (L2 broadcast domain). When you
power up your switch for the first time, use the Smart Control Center to discover the switch
and view the network information that has been automatically assigned to the switch by a
DHCP server; or, if no DHCP server is present on the network, use the Smart Control Center
to discover the switch and assign static network information.
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