Access The Switch From Any Computer - Netgate Nighthawk S8000 User Manual

Nighthawk S8000 Gaming & Streaming Advanced 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GS808E)

Access the Switch From Any Computer

This procedure requires you to use an IP scanner application. Such applications are available on the Internet,
and some of them are free of charge.
To discover the switch IP address and access the switch from a computer:
1. From a computer that is connected to your network, run the IP scanner application in your network.
The IP address that is assigned to the switch displays in the IP scanner application.
Note You can also access the DHCP server (or the router that functions as a DHCP server)
in your network and determine the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
2. Open a web browser, and in the address bar, type the IP address of the switch.
The login page of the management interface opens.
3. Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The Home page displays.
The previous figure shows the right pane (or, depending on the size of your browser page, the middle
pane) of the Home page. The pane also shows the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
Tip You can copy and paste the IP address into a new shortcut or bookmark it for quick access
on your computer or mobile device. However, if you reboot the switch, a dynamic IP
address (assigned by a DHCP server) might change and the bookmark might no longer
link to the login page for the switch. In this case, you must repeat
so that you can discover the new IP address of the switch in the network and update your
bookmark accordingly. You can also set up a fixed (static) IP address for the switch (see
Set Up a Fixed IP Address for the Switch
always links to the login page for the switch, even after you reboot the switch.
Additional Switch Discovery and Access Information
Step 1
on page 13) to ensure that the new bookmark
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through Step 3