Setting Up Web Interface Management; Pre-Requisites - 3Com 3C17708-US - Switch 4050 Getting Started Manual

Setting Up Web
Interface
Management

Pre-requisites

Windows 95 Windows 98
Netscape 4.76
Netscape 6.2
Internet Explorer
5.0, 5.5 and 6.0
4 To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the
Switch that you wish to manage in the following format:
>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)
If opening a Telnet session via third party software you will need to enter
the IP address in the format suitable for that software.
5 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and
press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if
you have already modified the default passwords).
If the login prompt does not display immediately, press Return a few
times until it starts.
6 If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line
interface for the Switch you wish to manage is displayed as shown in
Figure 13 on page
This section describes how you can set up web interface management
over the network.
Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as
described in "Setting Up Overview"
Ensure that the Switch is connected to the network using a Category
5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
A suitable Web browser.
Choosing a Browser
To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web
browser and platform combinations:
Table 8 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms

Setting Up Web Interface Management

46.
Windows NT Windows
4 2000
on page 38.
Windows XP
53
Solaris
2.6