9
GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual
“admin”. Skip the password by pressing <Enter>.
You can change the password at any time through CLI (see
section 5.3.1). To protect your switch from unauthorized access,
you must change the default password as soon as possible.
5. Follow these steps to assign an IP address to the switch:
a) Type “net interface ip sw0 <your ip address> <your network mask>”.
For example, if your switch IP is 192.168.10.1 and the network mask is
255.255.255.0. Then you should type “net interface ip sw0 192.168.10.1
255.255.255.0”.
b) If the switch has to be managed across networks, then a default gateway
or a static route entry is required. Type “net route static add 0.0.0.0 <your
network gateway IP> 0.0.0.0 1” as your default route entry, as shown in
Figure 5.
Figure 5. Login and IP setup screen
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. If you
wish to change the default IP address of the switch, follow section 3.3.1 to change
the IP address.
1. It is not necessary to login Web interface at the first time to use Web interface
because the default configuration for Web access authentication is disabled.
To secure the system configuration, please enable the authentication function
at the
Administration
page under
System
category. Skip step 2 if the
authentication is disabled.
2. At any PC connected to the network that the switch can access, open your
Web browser (Internet Explorer), and type the following URL in the address/
location box, and press <Enter>:
