Step 8: Manage The Switch - NETGEAR GC108P Hardware Installation Manual

Insight Managed 8-Port Gigabit (Hi-Power) PoE+ Smart Cloud Switch with NETGEAR FlexPoE Power

Step 8: Manage the switch

Using the NETGEAR Insight app and Insight Cloud portal, you can discover the switch
on the network and add the switch to the Insight app and Insight Cloud portal so that
you can perform setup, remote management, and monitoring tasks from your
smartphone, tablet, or computer.
The switch is a plug-and-play device that starts switching as soon as you plug it into
power and your network. You can use the switch without creating an Insight-managed
topology (using the Insight app or Insight Cloud portal), but in that situation you cannot
remotely monitor, manage, and troubleshoot the switch, nor receive push notifications
from the switch, and the switch operates in standalone mode only, like a traditional
NETGEAR Smart Managed Pro Switch.
Using the Insight app and Insight Cloud portal, as well as network-based policies and
zero-touch deployment and configuration, you can configure and manage the switch,
along with Insight-managed WiFi access points and NAS devices, at the network level.
Also, using the Insight app or Insight Cloud portal, you can set up features such as
VLANs and trunking and improve the efficiency of the switch, which results in the
improvement of its overall performance as well as the performance of the network.
After you power on the switch for the first time, you can configure the switch using the
Insight app or Insight Cloud portal.
For more information about Insight, visit netgear.com/insight and see the NETGEAR
knowledge base articles at netgear.com/support.
For information about managing the switch without the benefits of the Insight app and
Insight Cloud portal, see the user manual, which you can download from
netgear.com/support/download.
Note: The switch's default IP address is 192.168.0.239 and its default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0.
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