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ARTHUR ROSE
March 29, 2025
system date is correct but how do I get this date applied to the video screens?
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Mr. Anderson
March 29, 2025
To apply the correct system date on the Araknis AN-300-SW-F/R-8, follow these steps:
1. Enable the NTP client (disabled by default). 2. Select a server from the preconfigured list or enter a custom NTP server address. 3. Ensure the device has a Default Gateway configured for NTP to work. 4. Optionally, manually set the time in the format “YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS” or click "Sync Time" to pull time from your PC. 5. Set the correct Time Zone based on the switch’s location. 6. Configure Daylight Savings Time as Disabled, Automatic (for U.S. rules), or Manual (for custom DST start/end dates).
These steps ensure the switch displays the correct system date.
About This Manual This manual was created to provide a reference for installers and end users of Araknis Networks products. It provides all known information regarding the installation, setup, use, and maintenance of the product. This manual was created expressly for electronic use, but has been formatted so that it may be printed and bound using either one-sided or front-and-back printing.
1— INTRODUCTION ® 1.1— Thank you for choosing an Araknis 300-series Network Switch. The 300-series managed network switch is an enterprise-class switch specifically designed for use in Ethernet Welcome to applications within the residential market. Araknis Networks ® With front-facing indicators and rear-facing ports, the 300-series switch was designed for easy installation and high performance in an environment where traffic on the network and the number of users could increase continuously.
1.2— Figure 1. Package Contents Package Contents 1.3— #2 Phillips screwdriver (for mounting ear installation) Recommended for Screws and anchors for wall-mount installation optional; use a material that is fastener rated, specified for use in the wall, and can safely hold the weight of the model in use Installation ...
Figure 3. Rack Mounting Options 2.1.1.1— Elevated Operating Ambient – If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the Rack Mounting operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment Guidelines compatible with the maximum ambient temperature of 104°F.
You can fully backup the settings for this switch to a file on your PC. Once this is done, you ® have the ability to load this file back into the same switch or deploy it to another Araknis 300- series switch.
System Defaults Management on page 47 for information about using configuration files and restoring the switch to factory default settings.) Table 4. System Defaults Function Parameter Default Setting “araknis” Authentication Admin User Name “araknis” Admin Password HTTPS Enabled Enabled Port Security...
3.4— Device Access Methods and Guidelines 3.4.1— This section details how to connect to the switch through the web interface. To make the best use of the management features in your switch, it is highly recommended to configure it with an Web Interface IP address in the same range as other equipment on the local network before permanently installing the switch.
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If you do not see the login page, repeat step 3. 7. Enter “araknis” for both the user name and password fields and then click the “Login” button. 8. From the menu, click SETTINGS->System. To request an address from a local DHCP Server, mark the DHCP Enabled check box.
3.5— A username and password must be entered to access the web-browser interface. The default administrator user name and password is “araknis” for both fields. The administrator has Navigating the Read/Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics. Web Browser Interface 3.5.1—...
3.5.2— Basic configuration items in the menu are always visible. The Advanced menu is collapsed by default. Click “Advanced” to expand all Advanced settings. Navigation Menu Overview Table 5. below briefly describes the selections available on the 300-series switch. 3.5.2.1— Table 5.
Device Gateway – Management VLAN default gateway. MAC Address – Device Media Access Control (MAC) address. ® Service Tag – Araknis Networks unique device identifier. Used to track individual devices for easy service and support. Firmware Version – Current running firmware version.
3.6.1.2— The System Status page displays a live graphic of the switch with the current status of each Port Status and Panel port. Clicking on the image of a port opens the Advanced Port Statistics page of that port (4.1.1— Display Port Statistics on page 51) Below the graphic, the Port Status table summarizes the Port, Name, Link Speed, Duplex...
3.6.2— Use the Port Status table to display a summary of basic information on each port. Ports Figure 17. Ports Status Page Parameters The following parameters are displayed: Port – The number of the port. Name – The assigned name of the port. ...
3.7.1.2— The system settings section can be used to configure the IP address of the switch. The IP Changing the IP address for the switch can be obtained via DHCP or configured manually. To manually configure an IP address, you need to change the switch's default settings to values that are Address and Network compatible with your network.
3.7.1.4— Use the Time Settings section to specify the Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers to query for Configuring Time the current time. NTP allows the switch to set its internal clock based on periodic updates from an NTP time server. Recording meaningful dates and times in the event log is essential for Settings troubleshooting the switch and maintaining the system time will ensure that this log is correct.
Settings, System, Advanced Settings Figure 23. SNMP Configuration Parameters SNMP System Configuration: Enable SNMP — Enables or disables SNMP service. (Default: Enabled – SNMP v2c) SNMP Read Community — The community used for read-only access to the SNMP agent.
3.7.1.7— Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of protocols that allows devices to connect seamlessly, Configuring UPnP and simplifies the deployment of home and office networks. When a device is added to the network, the UPnP discovery protocol allows that device to broadcast its services to other UPnP devices on the network.
3.7.3— Use the Power over Ethernet (PoE) Settings page to check Power Consumption on each port (as well as the entire system). Set Maximum Power Allocation for each port, shut down power Power over Ethernet on individual ports, power cycle individual or multiple ports, and set power allocation priority. If (for PoE Models Only) the power demand from devices connected to the switch exceeds the power budget, the switch uses port PoE Priority settings to limit the supplied power.
3.7.4— The Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) technology allows you to divide physical ports to different logical groups. Each group is a virtual LAN, the clients within the VLAN are a VLANs broadcast domain. If clients in different VLANs need to communicate, connect the VLAN to an additional upper router (or a L3 device).
3.7.4.2— Use the Advanced Settings section to configure VLAN attributes for specific ports, including Configuring VLAN enabling ingress filtering, setting the accepted frame types, and configuring the default VLAN identifier (PVID). Attributes For Port Members VLAN Settings — Configuring Attributes Figure 31.
3.7.5— Link Aggregation is also known as Port Trunking. It allows using multiple ports in parallel to increase the link speed between two switches to increase the redundancy for higher Link Aggregation availability. The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
3.8.2— Use the File Management Page to make backups of your configuration, load configuration files, and manage firmware updates and versions. File Management Figure 35. File Management Page 3.8.2.1— Use the Back Current Configuration option to save the current configuration settings to a file on Saving Configuration your local management station.
The firmware version and date information may be empty for older firmware releases. This does not constitute an error. 3.8.2.6— Use the Firmware section to upgrade the switch’s system firmware using a file provided by ® Upgrading Firmware Araknis Networks. Figure 38. Firmware Update Path Maintenance, File Management, Software Image Caution! —...
4— ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 4.1— The Advanced Ports menu has two sub-menus: Ports Statistics and Port Settings. Use Port Statistics page to view detailed counters for each port. Use Port Settings to view advanced Ports features for each port on the switch such as Maximum Frame Size. 4.1.1—...
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devices or other network devices connected directly to the switch when the buffer is overloaded on a specific switch port. When enabled, back pressure is used for half duplex operation and IEEE 802.3-2005 (formally IEEE 802.3x) for full duplex operation. (Default: Disabled) When auto-negotiation is used (enabled by default), this parameter indicates the flow control capability advertised to the connected device.
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or auto-negotiation. Ports assigned to a common link aggregation group (LAG) must meet the following criteria: Ports must have the same LACP Admin Key. Using Auto option of the Admin Key will avoid this problem. One of the ports at either the near end or far end must be set to active initiation mode. www.snapav.com Support: 866.838.5052...
4.4— Multicasting is used to support real-time applications like control systems or streaming audio. Using multicast, a server does not have to establish individual connections with each target IGMP Snooping client. The server broadcasts its service to the network, and any client that wants to receive the multicast stream simply subscribes to the multicast service with their connected switch.
4.4.3— Use the IGMP Snooping Configuration table to configure global settings that control the forwarding of multicast traffic. When enabled, the switch forwards traffic only to the ports that Configuring Global request multicast traffic as opposed to the switch broadcasting the traffic to all ports and Settings for IGMP possibly disrupting network performance.
4.4.5— Use the IGMP Snooping Group Information section to display the port members of each service group. Showing IGMP Snooping Group Figure 49. IGMP Snooping Group Information Information Path Advanced, IGMP Snooping Parameters These parameters are displayed: VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier. ...
4.5— The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) can be used to detect and eliminate network loops. This allows the switch to communicate with other switches in the network to ensure only one route Spanning Tree exists between any two end devices, and provide backup routes which automatically take over when a primary route goes down.
4.5.1.2— Use the Port Status section to display the STP functional status of participating ports. STP Port Status Figure 55. STP Port Status Path Advanced, Spanning Tree, Status Port – Port Identifier. Parameters CIST Role – Port roles can be either: a part of the active topology connecting to the root bridge (i.e., root port), connecting a LAN segment through the switch to the root bridge (i.e., designated port), or is an alternate or backup port that may provide connectivity if the Spanning Tree topology changes.
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Transmit Hold Count — The number of BPDU's a bridge port can send per second. When exceeded, transmission of the next BPDU will be delayed. (Range: 1-10; Default: 6) Max Hop Count — The maximum number of hops allowed in the MST region before a BPDU is discarded.
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(Default: Disabled) Point-to-Point – Transition to the forwarding state is faster for point-to-point links than for shared media. Available options include: Auto – The switch automatically determines if the interface is attached to a point-to- point link or to shared medium (Default). •...
4.6.1.2— When MAC-based VLAN classification is enabled, untagged frames received by a port are Configuring MAC- assigned to the VLAN, which is mapped to the frame’s source MAC address. When no MAC address is matched, untagged frames are assigned to the receiving port’s native Port VLAN ID based VLANs (PVID).
4.6.2.2— An isolated port cannot forward any unicast, multicast, or broadcast traffic to any other ports in Using Port Isolation the same PVLAN. Ports within a private VLAN (PVLAN) are isolated from other ports that are not in the same PVLAN. Port Isolation can be used to block communications between ports within the same PVLAN.
4.7.1.1— To manage the switch through SNMP, you must first enable the protocol and configure basic Configuring SNMP access parameters. To issue trap messages, the trap function must be enabled, and the destination host specified. System and Trap Settings Figure 65. SNMP Configuration Path Advanced, Security, SNMP...
4.7.1.2— Use the SNMPv3 Community Configuration page to set community access strings. All Setting SNMPv3 community strings used to authorize access by SNMP v1 and v2c clients should be listed in the SNMPv3 Communities Configuration table. For security reasons, you should consider removing Community Access the default strings.
4.7.1.4— Use the SNMPv3 Group Configuration table to configure SNMPv3 groups. An SNMPv3 group Configuring SNMPv3 defines the access policy for assigned users. You can use the pre-defined default groups, or create a new group and the views authorized for that group. Groups Figure 68.
4.7.1.6— Use the SNMPv3 Access Configuration page to assign portions of the MIB tree to which each Configuring SNMPv3 SNMPv3 group is granted access. You can assign more than one view to a group to specify access to different portions of the MIB tree. Group Access Rights Figure 70.
Advanced Menu – Admin access to the switch. Note – The default administrator name is “araknis” with the password “araknis”. It is highly recommended to assign a new administrator password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place.
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TELNET/SSH – Filters IP addresses for access through Telnet, or through Secure Shell, which provides authentication and encryption. Configuration Instructions To configure addresses allowed access to management interfaces on the switch: 1. Click Advanced, Security, Access Management. 2. Click “New Entry”. 3.
4.7.3.2— Use the DHCP Snooping Configuration menu to filter IP traffic on insecure ports for which the DHCP Snooping source address cannot be identified via DHCP snooping. The addresses assigned to DHCP clients on insecure ports can be carefully controlled using the dynamic bindings registered with Configuration DHCP Snooping.
4.7.4.2— Figure 78. Port Loop Protection Menu Loop Protection-Port Configuration Path Advanced Configuration, Loop Protection Port – Port Identifier. Parameters Enable – Enables loopback detection on a port. (Default: Enabled) Action – Select the action to take when a loop is detected on a port. (Options: Shutdown Port, Shutdown Port and Log, Log Only) ...
4.8— Quality of service (QoS) is the overall performance of a network, particularly the performance seen by the users of the network. This is usually measured by several related aspects of the Advanced QoS network service, such as error rates, bandwidth, throughput, transmission delay, availability, jitter, etc.
4.8.2— This page allows you to configure the Policer settings for all switch ports. Port Policing Figure 82. QoS Ingress Port Policers page Path Advanced, Advanced QoS, Port Policing Port — The port number for which the configuration below applies. Parameters ...
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Mode – Shows the scheduling mode for this port. Weight – Shows the weight of each egress queue used by the port. On the QoS Egress Port Scheduler and Shapers page for each port (____below): Scheduler Mode – The switch can be set to service the queues based on a strict rule that requires all traffic in a higher priority queue to be processed before the lower priority queues are serviced, or Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR) queuing which specifies a scheduling weight for each queue.
4.8.3.2— Port Tag Use the QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking page to show an overview of QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking Remarking mode. Click on any of the entries in the Port field to configure the remarking mode using classified PCP/DEI values, default PCP/DEI values, or mapped versions of QoS class and drop priority.
4.8.3.3— Port DSCP Use the QoS Port DSCP Configuration page to configure ingress translation and classification settings and egress rewriting of DSCP values. Figure 91. QoS Port DSCP Configuration Path Advanced, Advanced QoS, Port DSCP Port – Port identifier. Parameters ...
4.8.3.7— QoS Control List Use the QoS Control List Configuration menu to configure Quality of Service policies for handling ingress packets based on Ethernet type, VLAN ID, TCP/UDP port, DSCP, ToS, or VLAN priority tag. Once a QCE is mapped to a port, traffic matching the first entry in the QoS Control List is assigned to the QoS class, drop precedence level, and DSCP value defined by that entry.
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actions will be taken: Class (Classified QoS Class) – If a frame matches the QCE, it will be put in the queue corresponding to the specified QoS class, or placed in a queue based on basic classification rules. (Options: 0-7, Default (use basic classification); Default setting: 0) ...
Warranty 2-Year Limited Warranty ® Araknis Networks products have a 2-Year Limited Warranty. This warranty includes parts and labor repairs on all components found to be defective in material or workmanship under normal conditions of use. This warranty shall not apply to products that have been abused, modified or disassembled.
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Do you have a question about the AN-300-SW-F/R-8 and is the answer not in the manual?
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system date is correct but how do I get this date applied to the video screens?
To apply the correct system date on the Araknis AN-300-SW-F/R-8, follow these steps:
1. Enable the NTP client (disabled by default).
2. Select a server from the preconfigured list or enter a custom NTP server address.
3. Ensure the device has a Default Gateway configured for NTP to work.
4. Optionally, manually set the time in the format “YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS” or click "Sync Time" to pull time from your PC.
5. Set the correct Time Zone based on the switch’s location.
6. Configure Daylight Savings Time as Disabled, Automatic (for U.S. rules), or Manual (for custom DST start/end dates).
These steps ensure the switch displays the correct system date.
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