Switch Management Interface - NETGEAR GS748AT - ProSafe Gigabit Smart Switch Administration Manual

Note: For complete hardware installation instructions, refer to the GS700AT Smart Switch
Hardware Installation Manual included on your Resource CD, or go to
http://www.netgear.com/support.

Switch Management Interface

Your NETGEAR GS700AT Gigabit Smart Switch contains an embedded web server and
management software for managing and monitoring switch functions. This switch operates as a
simple switch without using the management software. The management software enables you to
configure more advanced features, and consequently improve switch efficiency as well as overall
network performance.
Web-Based Management enables you to monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely
using a common web browser, instead of having to use expensive and complicated SNMP
software products. Simply by using your web browser, you can monitor the performance of your
switch and optimize network configuration. Using your browser, for example, you can set up
VLANs, traffic priority, and configure port trunking.
In addition, NETGEAR provides the Smart Wizard Discovery utility with this product. This
program runs under Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 and provides a "front end" that
discovers the switches on your network segment. When you power up your switch for the first
time, the Smart Wizard Discovery utility enables you to configure its basic network parameters
without prior knowledge of IP address or subnet mask. Following such configuration, this program
leads you into the Web Management interface.
Some features of the Smart Wizard Discovery utility and Web Management interface are shown in
the table below.
Getting Started with Switch Management
GS700AT Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
v1.0, October 2008
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