Manual Setup; Connecting To A Front Panel Port - 3Com 3C17203 Getting Started Manual

Manual Setup

Connecting to a Front
Panel Port
You can set up a Switch manually in the following ways:
Connecting to a front panel port — Connect a workstation using an
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Ethernet cable to a front panel port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the web interface.
Connecting to the console port — Connect a workstation using a
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console cable to the console port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the command line interface (CLI).
To set up your Switch manually you can make a connection to a front
panel port. You must do this whilst the Switch is offline, that is, before
you connect the Switch to a network.
Pre-requisites
A workstation running Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT.
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A Network Interface Card (NIC).
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A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
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A suitable Web browser — refer to
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You need to have the following so that you can manually set up the
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Switch with IP information:
IP address
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subnet mask
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default gateway
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Connecting the Workstation to the Switch
1 Connect the workstation to a front panel port using an Ethernet cable as
shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7 Connecting a workstation to the Switch via a front panel port
Manual Setup
"Choosing a Browser"on
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page 44.