Preparing For Configuration; Connecting The Managing Computer And The Smc2585W-G - SMC Networks 2585W-G User Manual

Fig. 3. Mounting the SMC2585W-G on a wall.

2.3. Preparing for Configuration

To configure a SMC2585W-G, a managing computer with a Web browser is needed. For
first-time configuration of a SMC2585W-G, an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) should
have been installed in the managing computer. For maintenance-configuration of a deployed
SMC2585W-G, either a wireless computer or a wired computer can be employed as the
managing computer.
NOTE: If you are using the browser, Opera, to configure an SMC2585W-G, click the menu
item File, click Preferences... click File types, and edit the MIME type, text/html, to add a
file extension ".sht" so that Opera can work properly with the Web management pages of the
SMC2585W-G.
Since the configuration/management protocol is HTTP-based, you have to make sure that
the IP address of the managing computer and the IP address of the managed
SMC2585W-G are in the same IP subnet (Default IP address is set to DHCP client, it will
default to 192.168.2.50 if there is no DHCP server present.)
2.3.1. Connecting the Managing Computer and the
SMC2585W-G
To connect the managing computer and the SMC2585W-G for first-time configuration, you
have two choices as illustrated in Fig. 4.
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