SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual First Edition V1 February 2006 Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and •...
You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface. This user guide tells you how to set up the SWP-0224FP L2 managed switch, and how to customize its configuration to get the most out of this product.
Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the glossary. • For brevity, the SWP-0224FP switch is referred to as “the switch.” • The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to refer to a group of Ethernet-connected computers at one site.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Getting to know the SWP-0224FP Package contents The SWP-0224FP switch package comes with the following items: • SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH • AC Power cord • Null modem cable for console interface (DB9) •...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Front Panel The front panel includes LED indicators that show the system, fan, PoE, and port status. Figure 2. Front panel...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs Label Color Status Description SYSTEM Green Unit is powered on Flashing Self-test, INIT, or downloading Amber Abnormal temperature or voltage No power Green Both fans are working properly...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Rear Panel The switch rear panel contains the fan and power connections. Figure 3. Rear panel Table 2. Rear panel labels Label Description Power Connector Connects to the supplied power cord FAN1 – FAN2,FAN3...
Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the SWP-0224FP environment. Part 1 shows you how to install the SWP-0224FP on a flat surface or on a rack. Part 2 provides instructions to set up the hardware.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Part 2 — Setting up the switch Connect the device to the power outlet, and your computer or network. See Figure 4. 3.2.1 Connect the console port For console management, use an RS232 (DB9) cable to connect the switch.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Table 4. LED Indicators Description System Solid green indicates that the device is turned on. If this light is off, check if the power adapter if attached to the switch and plugged into a power source.
Set the data format to no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit No flow control Set VT100 for emulation mode 3. After setting up the terminal, you can see the prompt “(PLANEX)%” on the terminal. 4. Type “login” to access the command line interface. The default user name is “admin”.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface To successfully connect your PC to the switch, your PC must a valid IP in your network. Contact your network administrator to obtain a valid IP for the switch.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Default User Name: admin Default Password: (no password) You can change the password at any time (see section 5.3.1 System Commands). 3. To setup a new IP address, click “System”, then “IP Setup” (see Figure 7).
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.5, or later versions. NOTE: Netscape is not supported.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Use the following defaults the first time you log into the program. You can change the password at any time through CLI interface (see section 5.3.1 Default User Name: admin Default Password:...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual The home page appears each time you log into the program see Figure 9). Figure 9. Home page Functional layout Typical web page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo and front panel as shown in Figure Figure 10.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 11. Expanded Menu List The right frame displays configuration pages or graphics for the statistics. See section 4.3 for details.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.2.1 Menu navigation tips • To expand a group of related menus, click on the corresponding group name. The sign will change to after expansion. • To contract a group of related menus: click on the corresponding group name.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual System Pages System pages include management, IP setup, administration, reboot, and firmware update function. 4.3.1 Management The Management page contains the following information: Model Name: product name MAC Address: switch MAC address...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 12. Management 4.3.2 IP Setup The switch supports dynamic IP and static IP assignment. The dynamic IP is get from a DHCP server within the same VLAN. The IP Setup page contains the following editable information: VLAN ID: Specify a VLAN ID to system management interface.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual To save any changes and make it effective immediately, click . Use to refresh the setting, as shown in Figure 13. Figure 13. IP Setup...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.3.3 Administration The Administration page allows you enable or disable the authentication for web user by password protection. The default setting for web access does not require any authentication. To save any changes and make it effective immediately, click .
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.3.4 Reboot The Reboot page contains a button. Clicking the button reboots the system. Rebooting the system stops the network traffic and terminates the Web interface connection. Figure 15. Reboot 4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade The Firmware page contains the following information: Hardware Version: shows the hardware revision number.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Firmware Version: shows the current running firmware version. This number will be updated after the firmware update. Enter the firmware location into the firmware space directly, or click to choose the file name of the firmware from prompt window. Click to update the switch firmware.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Physical Interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can configure the port in following fields: Port: select the port to configure Admin: disable/enable the port Mode: set the speed and duplex mode Flow Control: enable/disable 802.3x flow control mechanism...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Bridge The Bridge page group contains most layer 2 configurations, like link aggregation, STP etc. 4.5.1 Spanning Tree The configuration page for Spanning Tree Protocol can disable and enable the feature in runtime. This page consists of three parts.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Edge Port: All ports are set to be edge ports by default. Edge port becomes STP port when BPDU is received. Also, it takes very short time for an edge port to be in forwarding state.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Show Trunk: Select “Add a new Trunk” for a new created group. Or select an existed group to display on the following fields and port icons. Name: the group name. Trunk ID: a number to identify the trunk group besides the group name.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual changes, the VLAN of port 2 also changes with port 1. Figure 19. Link aggregation 4.5.3 Mirroring Mirroring, together with a network traffic analyzer, helps you monitor network traffics. You can monitor the selected ports for egress or ingress packets.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Monitor Port: Receives the copies of all the traffics in the selected mirrored ports. The monitor port can not belong to any link aggregation group. The monitor port can not operate as a normal switch port. It does not switch packets or do address learning.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.4 Static Multicast This page can add multicast addresses into the multicast table. The switch can hold up to 127 multicast entries. All the ports in the group will forward the specified multicast packets to other ports in the group.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.5 IGMP Snooping IGMP snooping helps to reduce the multicast traffics on the network by allowing the IGMP snooping function to be turned on or off. When turned on, the switch snoops the IGMP packets and puts the new group into the multicast table.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.6 Traffic Control Traffic control prevents the switch bandwidth from flooding packets including broadcast packets, multicast packets. The limit number is a threshold to limit the total number of the checked type packets. For example, if broadcast / multicast is enabled, the traffic amount of each type will not exceed the limit value.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.7 Dynamic Addresses This page displays the result of dynamic MAC address lookup by port, VLAN ID, or specified MAC address. The dynamic address is the MAC address learned by switch, it will age out from the address table if the address is not learned again during the age time.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.8 Static Addresses You can add a MAC address into the switch address table. The MAC address added by this way will not age out from the address table. We call it static address.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 25. Static Address 4.5.9 Tagged VLAN You can set up to 256 VLAN groups and show VLAN group in this page. There is a default VLAN created by the switch. It cannot be removed at all. This feature prevents the switch from malfunctions.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual If one untagged port belongs to two or more VLAN groups at the same time, it will confuse the switch and cause flooding traffics. To prevent it, the switch only allows one untagged port belongs to one VLAN at the same time. That is, the untagged port belongs to the VLAN group which is called “PVID”...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.10 Default Port VLAN and CoS Some VLAN tag related field settings for each port are included in this page. It includes: Port: select the port to configure PVID: port-based VLAN ID. Every untagged packet received from this...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.5.11 CoS Queue Mapping The switch supports 4 egress queues for each port. For each queue, you can specify the scheduling types as follows: • Strict priority scheduling: each CoS value can map into one of the four queues.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual SNMP This group offers the SNMP configuration including Community Table, Host Table, and Trap Setting. To provide more secure management and access control, SNMPv3 is supported. 4.6.1 Community Table You can type different community names and specify whether the community has the privilege to make a setting (write access) by checking the box.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.6.2 Host Table This page links host IP address to the community name that is entered in Community Table page. Type an IP address and select the community name from the drop-down list. Click...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.6.3 Trap Setting By setting trap destination IP addresses and community names, you can enable SNMP trap function to send trap packets in different versions (v1 or v2c). Click to save the configuration permanently or refresh the page.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Read View Name: enter the Read View Name that the Group belongs. The related SNMP messages are Get, GetNext, GetBulk. Write View Name: enter the Write View Name that the Group belongs.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 32. VACM Group 4.6.5 VACM View VACM (View-based Access Control Model) View is used to view the information of SNMPV3 VACM Group. View Name: enter the security group name. View Type: select the View Type that the View belongs. Included or Excluded when View Subtree matches the Oid in the SNMPv3 message.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Click on the when you create a new VACM View entry by the above information. Then you will see the new added entry shows in the view window. You can remove the existed views by selecting the entry with the mouse, then clicking on .
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Engine Id: enter the Engine Id that matches the ID in the Manager.. Name: enter Name combined with Engine ID that should match the Name and Engine ID in the Manager. Auth Protocol: enter the Auth Protocol that Engine ID and Name belong.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Security The switch has the 802.1x port-based security feature. Only authorized hosts are allowed to access the switch port. Traffic is blocked for hosts failed to authenticate themselves. The authentication service is provided by a RADIUS server or the local database in the switch.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual • Multi-host: If enabled, all hosts connected to the selected port are allowed to use the port if one of the hosts passed the authentication. If disabled, only one host among other hosts passed the authentication is allowed to use the port.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.7.2 Dial-In User Dial-in User is used to define users in the local database of the switch. • User Name: New user name. • Password: Password for the new user. • Confirm Password: Enter the password again.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.7.3 RADIUS In order to use external RADIUS server, the following parameters are required to be setup: • Authentication Server IP: The IP address of the RADIUS server. • Authentication Server Port: The port number for the RADIUS server is listening to.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Power over Ethernet (PoE) PoE provides a way to distribute low-voltage power across the network using existing copper Ethernet cable to an endpoint PD (Powered Device). This centralized, reliable source of power allows network devices such as...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Link status: whether the PD is connected or not Priority: display the port power priority setting Select the corresponding port number and configure the port power setting, then click on the button. The field you change will update the content of the display window.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Cable Diagnosis The major function of Cable Diagnosis is to detect cable fault(open or short) and report the estimated fault location. Moreover, Cable Diagnosis can also detect PHY type (100M, 1000M or 10000M) as well as estimated cable length of normal cable.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.9 Statistics Chart The Statistics Chart pages provide network flow in different charts. You can specify the period time to refresh the chart. You can monitor the network traffic amount in different graphic chart by these pages. Most MIB-II counters are displayed in these charts.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 40. Traffic comparison 4.9.2 Error Group Select the Port and display Color, then click the Draw, the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified port. The data is...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.9.3 Historical Status You can display information for different ports and statistics items in this chart. Since this shows the history of the statistics information, the chart can keep the old data even it is refreshed.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 4.10 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you should click . The setting also takes effective after a successful save. Sometimes you may want to reset the switch configuration, you can click on to reset the configuration file to factory default.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Console Interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch provides RS232 connector to connect your PC. Use a terminal emulator on your PC such as HyperTerminal and command line interpreter to configure the switch.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Power On Self Test POST is executing during the system booting time. It tests system memory, LED and hardware chips on the switchboard. It displays system information as the result of system test and initialization. You can ignore the information until the prompt, “(PLANEX) %”, appears (see Figure 44).
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode During the POST process, you can enter a “Boot ROM Command” mode by pressing <ENTER> key as shown in Figure 45. Figure 45 shows dual images in the switch. One firmware is in Slot 1 and the other firmware is in Slot 2.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Table 6. Boot ROM commands Command Parameters Usage Notes NONE Show MAC address 1 or 2 or a Dual image support. You When you fail in can choose the firmware to firmware update, you...
For security reason, please change the user name and password after login. Once you forget the use name and password, you may contact PLANEX support team or erase the whole configuration file in the Boot ROM Command mode. If you take the second choice, the whole system configuration is lost at the same time.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual If you put a name in the name description field, the switch system name will be changed into the new one. [System Contact] Displays the detail information of contact about the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides contact information on the managed node.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 46. SYS commands [VLAN ID] Display the VLAN ID for the switch. It is necessary to be within the same VLAN for management . CLI command: net interface vlan sw0 <VLAN ID>...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Network Mask] Displays the subnet mask for the switch. CLI command: net interface ip sw0 < IP address> <netmask> [Default Gateway] Displays the IP address of the default gateway. This field is necessary if the switch network contains one or more routers.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands [Admin] [Enable/Disable] Displays the port admin status and allows user to turn the port on or off. CLI command : l2 port admin <port number> <enable/disable> [Mode] [Auto/10M-Half/10M-Full/100M-Half/100M-Full/1G-Full] Displays the current speed and duplex mode of the port.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Hello Time] [Forward Delay] [Max Age] [Bridge Priority] Displays the current STP/RSTP bridge parameters setting. CLI command : l2 stp bridge set Hello Time (1..10 seconds):[old Hello Time] <new Hello Time> Max Age (6..40 seconds):[ old Max Age] <new Max Age>...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : l2 stp port retrieve [Show Trunk] Displays a specific trunk group settings. User can create a new trunk group by specify a unique trunk ID, a trunk name description, LACP mode (enabled or disable), and its trunk group member ports.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : l2 port lacppri <priority> <port list / * for all ports> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings of trunk from configuration file. CLI command : l2 trunk retrieve [Mirror Mode] [Enable/Disable] [Monitor Port] [port number] Displays the mirroring settings of the switch.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual vlan id [1 by default]: <vlan id> port list [format: 1 2 3 4 - 26/* for all ports]: <port list> [Remove Multicast Group] Allows user to delete a static multicast group entry from multicast group table by given a MAC address and VLAN ID.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : l2 rate set <enable/disable> [<mode (1:broadcast only, 2:broadcast and multicast, 3:broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast )> <limit rate (70~250000 Kbps/sec)>] [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : l2 arl static <mac> <vlan id> <port no> <trunk id> [Remove] Static ARL entries can be deleted by indicating the MAC address and its VLAN ID. These two-field combination is formed as unique entry in ARL table.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : l2 vlan delete <vlan id> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command : l2 vlan retrieve [Show Port] Displays the port configuration CLI command : l2 port show <port id or * for all ports>...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Scheduling Algorithm] [Strict/WRR] Allows user to set scheduling with strict priority based or weight priority based. CLI command : l2 cos sched <mode (1: strict 2: weighted round robin)> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Allows user to delete a community entry from community table. CLI command : snmp community delete Community entry (table index): <entry id to delete> This action will delete all hosts in community string with 'delete community'.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : snmp host delete Entry id (table index): <entry id to delete> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command : snmp host retrieve [Trap Version] [v1/v2c]...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Gruop Name: (old group name string) <new group name string> Security Model [0/1/2/3](any/v1/v2c/usm): (old security model) <new security model> Security Level [1/2/3](noauth/authnopriv/authpriv): (old security level) <new security level> Context Match [0/1](inexact/exact): (old context match) <new context match>...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : snmp snmpv3 view add View Name: <view name string> View Subtree [oid]: <view subtree> View Mask: <view mask> View Type[1/2](included/excluded): <view type> User can modify a VACM View entry in the table by reassigning its allowed view name, view type, view subtree and view mask.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Engine Id] [Name] [Auth Protocol] [Auth Password] [Priv Protocol] [Priv Password] USM(User-based Security Model) User is used to configure the information of SNMPV3 USM User. A USM User entry contains a engine Id, name, auth protocol, auth password, priv protocol and priv password.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual AuthPassword: (old auth password string) < new auth password string> Priv Protocol [oid]: (old priv protocol oid string) < new priv protocol oid string > Priv Password: (old priv password string) < new priv password string >...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual CLI command : security dot1x bridge quietperiod <quiet period (1-65535 sec)> [Retransmission Time] Allows user to set up the retransmission time. CLI command : security dot1x bridge retxtime <retransmission time (1-65535 sec)>...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [User Name] [Password] [Confirm Password] [Dynamic VLAN] Create users in the local database of the switch for 802.1x authentication. A user entry contains a user name, password and dynamic VLAN. CLI command : security dialinuser create User Name: <user name string>...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Authentication Server Port] [Authentication Server Key] [Confirm Authentication Key] Allows user to config the RADIUS server IP, server port and server key . CLI command : security radius set authentication server ip <ip/none>: (old server ip)<new server ip >...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [Show Generating Status] Show the SSH key generating status. It will display “success” or “SSH keys generated fail” or “system is generating keys ...”. CLI command : security sshkey show 5.3.6 [Admin] Set port power to enable or disable.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual [show] Show the PoE configuration. CLI command : poe show [save] Save the PoE configuration into the flash. CLI command : poe save [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file.
Configuration backup can be done with ftp. In MS-DOS, the configuration backup is done as follows. SWP-0224FP’s IP address is “192.168.1.1”. PC’s (for ftp client) IP address is “192.168.1.10”. PC is connected with SWP-0224FP ,and , execute ftp according to the following procedures. C:\>ftp 192.168.1.1 (Connect to SWP-0224FP by ftp) Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Configuration restore can be done with ftp. In MS-DOS, the configuration restore is done as follows. SWP-0224FP’s IP address is “192.168.1.1”. PC’s (for ftp client) IP address is “192.168.1.10”. PC is connected with SWP-0224FP ,and , execute ftp according to the following procedures. C:\>ftp 192.168.1.1 (Connect to SWP-0224FP by ftp) Connected to 192.168.1.1.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol). IPv6 addresses are not covered. This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, and bytes.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Table 7. IP address structure Field1 Field2 Field3 Field4 Class A Network ID Host ID Class B Network ID Host ID Class C Network ID Host ID Following are examples of valid IP addresses: Class A: 10.30.6.125 (network = 10, host = 30.6.125)
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 7.1.2 Network classes The three commonly used network classes are A, B, and C. (There is also a class D but it has a special use beyond the scope of this discussion.) These classes have different uses and characteristics.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Subnet masks A mask looks like a regular IP address, but contains a pattern of bits that tells what parts of an IP address are the network ID and what parts are the host ID: bits set to 1 mean "this bit is part of the network ID"...
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual The two extra bits in Field 4 can have four values (00, 01, 10, 11), so there are four subnets. Each subnet uses the remaining six bits in field4 for its host IDs, ranging from 0 to 63.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. A list of possible problems with suggestion actions is also provided. All the known bugs are listed in the release note. Read the release note before you set up the switch.
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Figure 47. Using the ping utility If the target computer cannot be located, you will receive the message “Request timed out.” Using the ping command, you can test whether the path to the switch is working (using the pre-configured default LAN IP address 192.168.1.1) or...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual 8.1.2 nslookup You can use the nslookup command to determine the IP address associated with an Internet site name. You specify the common name, and the nslookup command looks up the name on your DNS server (usually located with your ISP).
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual To exit from the nslookup utility, type exit and press <Enter> at the command prompt. Simple fixes The following table lists some common problems that you may encounter when installing or using the switch, and the suggested actions to solve the...
SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Table 8. Troubleshooting Problem Suggested Action LEDs SYSTEM LED does Verify if the power cord is securely connected to the switch and a not light up after the wall socket/power strip. switch is turned on.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Problem Suggested Action Some pages do not 1. Verify that you are using Internet Explorer v5.5 or later. display completely Netscape is not supported. Support for Javascript® must be enabled in your browser. Support for Java® may also be required.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Glossary 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual broadcast To send data to all computers on a network. Ethernet The most commonly installed computer network technology, usually using twisted pair wiring. Ethernet data rates are 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps. See also 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, twisted pair.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual mask See network mask. Multicast To send data to a group of network devices. Mbps Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual ping Packet Internet (or Inter-Network) Groper A program used to verify whether the host associated with an IP address is online. It can also be used to reveal the IP address for a given domain name.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol The TCP/IP protocol used for network management. Spanning Tree Protocol The bridge protocol to avoid packet looping in a complicate network. subnet A subnet is a portion of a network. The subnet is distinguished from the larger network by a subnet mask which selects some of the computers of the network and excludes all others.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual Telnet/SSH An interactive, character-based program used to access a remote computer. While HTTP (the web protocol) and FTP only allow you to download files from a remote computer, Telnet / SSH allows you to log into and use a computer from a remote location.
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SWP-0224FP 24PORT L2 INTELLIGENT PoE SWITCH User’s Manual upstream The direction of data transmission from the user to the Internet. VLAN Virtual Local Area Network Wide Area Network Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a country or continent. The best example of a WAN is the Internet.
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