3Com 4500G Getting Started Manual page 47

Setting Up the Switch with IP Information
You are now ready to manually set up the switch with IP information. You
can do this using the Web interface or the command line interface (CLI)
using telnet.
Using the Web Interface
1 Power-up the switch. This takes approximately one minute.
2 Open a suitable Web browser and enter the IP address of your switch in the
Address field.
If there is no response, wait for one minute then re-enter the IP address.
If a pop up message appears displaying download and install simplified
Chinese information, click Cancel.
3 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name, press
Return, and at the password prompt (default user name and password)
press Return again. If you have logged on correctly, the Device View of the
switch is displayed.
4 To enter basic setup information for the switch, select Administration
> IP Setup and then follow the wizard through various system screens
to enter the IP address and subnet mask that you want the switch to use
when it is connected to the network. The final page displays a summary of
the information entered.
5 Select Save Configuration to save the configuration to your switch.
The initial set up of your switch is now complete and the switch is ready for
you to set up your chosen management method. See "Methods of
Managing a Switch" on page 36.
Using Command Line Interface using Telnet
1 To start a Telnet session to the unit, click Start in Microsoft Windows
95/98/2000/NT/XP.
a Click Run.
b In the dialogue box that appears type the IP address of the unit, that is:
Telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
c Click OK.
Manually Configuring IP Information
is the IP address of the switch)
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