Access The Switch And Discover The Ip Address Of The Switch; Access The Switch From A Windows-Based Computer - NETGEAR GS908E User Manual

8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch Model GS908E
Utility. That is, you can only discover the switch in your network. To configure the switch, use the local
browser interface of switch.
Access the Switch and Discover the IP Address of the
Switch
By default, the switch receives an IP address from a DHCP server (or a router that functions as a DHCP
server) in your network.
For information about setting up a fixed (static) IP address on the switch, see
for the Switch on page 15.

Access the Switch From a Windows-Based Computer

To access the switch from a Windows-based computer and discover the switch IP address:
1. Open Windows Explorer or File Explorer.
2. Click the Network link.
3. If prompted, enable the Network Discovery feature.
4. Under Network Infrastructure, locate the GS908E switch.
5. Double-click GS908E (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx), in which xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address of the switch.
The login page of the local browser interface opens.
6. Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
The right pane (or, depending on the size of your browser window, the middle pane) 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.
Install and Access the Switch in Your Network
on page 15) to make sure that the new bookmark
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Set Up a Fixed IP Address
Step 1 through Step 6