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SM-10004-02 iv Contents Main Menu> Advanced> Advanced Security ......................................................... 3-14Main Menu> Advanced> 802.1x Port-Based Authentication .................................. 3-14Main Menu> Advanced> Port Mirroring ...............................

SM-10004-02 vi Contents Advanced> Spanning Tree > Port Settings ...................................................... 4-34 Advanced> MAC .................................................................................................... 4-35 Advanced> MAC> Address Aging ...............

Contents vii SM-10004-02 SNMP Server ................................................................................................... 5-21Spanning Tree ................................................................................................. 5-24System .......................................

SM-10004-02 viii Contents RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connectors ......................................................................... B-6Conclusion .............................................................................................................. B-8 Appendix C 802.1x Port-Based Authentica...

About This Guide 1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 1 About This Guide Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR ™ 700 Series Managed Switch. Audience This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic-to-intermediate computer and Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, and wireless technolog...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 2 About This Guide SM-10004-02 Features of the HTML Version of this Manual The HTML version of this manual includes these features. Figure Preface -2: HTML version of this manual 1. Left pane . Use the left pane to view the Contents, Index, Se...

Switch Management Overview 2-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 2 Switch Management Overview This chapter gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR 700 Series Managed Switch. Topics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management A...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 2-2 Switch Management Overview SM-10004-02 Table 2-1. Comparing Switch Management Methods For a more detailed discussion of the Administration Console, see chapter 3. For a more detailed discussion of the Web Browser Interface, see chapter 4. ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Switch Management Overview 2-3 SM-10004-02 Virtual Terminal Protocols A virtual terminal protocol is a software program, such as Telnet, that allows you to establish a management session from a Macintosh, a PC, or a UNIX workstation. Because T...

Software Upgrade Procedure 3-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 3 Software Upgrade Procedure As networking technology advances, NETGEAR will release new versions of the software that runs the switch. These software releases will provide new capabilities that can extend the useful life of your switch. This manual...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Software Upgrade Procedure 3-2 SM-10004-02 5. Restart the system via the Tools>Reset command. Bootstrap will retrieve the new software image then pass control to it. The system executes the new software image. The previous software image in...

Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 4 Administration Console Telnet Interface The administration console is an internal, character-oriented, VT-100/ANSI menu-driven user interface for performing management activities. Using this method, you can view the administration con...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-2 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Examples of terminal-emulation programs include: • Hyper Terminal, which is included with Microsoft Windows operating systems • ZTerm for the Apple Macintosh • TIP for UNIX workstations T...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-3 SM-10004-02 4. When the following screen appears, make sure that the port setting are as follows: Baud Rate: 9600 Data Bits: 8 Parity: NoneStop Bits: 1 Flow Control: None Figure 4-4: Connection Setti...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-7 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-9: Address Manager: MAC Address Table Main Menu> Set-Up There are three sub-menus at Set-Up menu, System Configuration, IP Configuration, and Port Configuration. Main Menu>...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-8 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 IP Assignment Mode . The user manually enters IP related information • Bootstrap Protocol, which allows the switch to discover its own IP address from a BootP server on the network • DHCP...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-9 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-12: Port Configuration Admin field . Allows you to Enable or Disable the port. State field . The State field displays the Spanning Tree State of the port (Blocking, Listening, Le...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-10 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Gigabit Ports . For the gigabit ports on each switch, the port type may be chosen. The default is that the port uses the RJ-45 interface (GT). You can select the GBIC interface (GB) by s...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-11 SM-10004-02 After making changes to any of the information on the screens in the console interface, users must save the changed settings to NVRAM. Save Configuration to NVRAM. Figure 4-14: Save Sett...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-16 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Figure 4-19: Port Trunking Trunks can be defined for similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. For 10/100 ports, trunks can only b...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-17 SM-10004-02 Note : Only the console menu will let you run the virtual cable tester on any port. Other management interfaces require port access and therefore cannot reliably test the cable continuit...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-18 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 • Last Saved option . The system will boot from non-volatile memory. This option will automatically show up after the ‘Net & save’ option is selected and the unit is reset. Main Menu...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-21 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-28: VLAN Administration To add a VLAN, enter a unique numeric VLAN ID and then enter a unique VLAN name. To remove a port or an entire VLAN, just press Ctrl-X anywhere on the li...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-22 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Figure 4-30: PVID Settings This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port. The number next to each port indicates which PVID is set for each port. Following industry standards,...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-23 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-32: Spanning Tree: Bridge Settings When Spanning tree is used in conjunction with a set of aggregated ports, otherwise known as a port trunking, Spanning Tree will treat the tru...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-24 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Table 4-1. STP Port Setting Parameters Figure 4-33: Spanning Tree: Port Settings Fastlink in STP mode . If a client is trying to access a server through the switch running the STP negoti...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-25 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-34: MAC Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager> Address Aging The aging time is the amount of time that an entry is kept in the bridge tables prior to being purged (o...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-26 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Main Menu> Advanced> Multimedia Support In networks where multimedia applications generate multicast traffic, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) can greatly reduce unnecessar...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administration Console Telnet Interface 4-27 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-37: Static Multicast Administration The Static Multicast Administration menu lets you create individual groups by entering MAC addresses for your static multicast group. The mem...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-28 Administration Console Telnet Interface SM-10004-02 Main Menu> Advanced> SNMP Figure 4-39: SNMP Management You can manage this switch using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) from a network management station. To do so, y...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-2 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Web Based Management Overview The 6 menu options available are: System, Status, Set-up, Tools, Security, and Advanced. There is a help menu in the top of right side of screen; you can click the ‘h...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-3 SM-10004-02 System Information Figure 5-2: System information page This welcome page displays system information, such as: • System Description • System Name • System Contact • System Location • Current Local...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-4 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 These parameters are not editable from this screen. Some of these can be modified in the Set Up> System Configuration page or the Set Up> IP Configuration page. Status Menus The Status page ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-5 SM-10004-02 Status > Switch Statistics The Switch Statistics Chart allows you to compare one type of statistic across all the ports. You can reset the counters in the Reset Statistics page. Figure 5-4: Swi...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-7 SM-10004-02 Status > Port Statistics Figure 5-5: Port Statistics The Port Statistics Chart shows all the statistic types for one port over time. You can reset the counters in the Reset Statistics page. • P...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-8 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 • Outbound Discards: Transmitted and is being discarded packet • Outbound Errors: Transmitted and is an Error packet. • Ethernet Undersize Packets: Less than 64byte length packet • Ethernet Oversi...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-9 SM-10004-02 Status > Most Active Ports Figure 5-7: Error Statistics This page allows you to view the transmission and reception utilization of top 10 ports. It is especially useful when you want to see the...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-10 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Status > Reset Statistics Figure 5-8: Statistics Counter Reset The Reset Statistics screen lets you reset all statistics counters of the switch. By pressing on the Reset button, all counters w...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-11 SM-10004-02 • Link: A green triangle pointing up indicates a valid link, while a red triangle pointing down indicates no link. • On/Off: Indicates if the port is enabled or disabled by the Administrator. • S...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-12 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Set-up Menu There are four kinds of configuration in the Setup page: Figure 5-11: Setup menu System Configuration IP Configuration Port Configuration Gigabit Port Configuration (GBIC) Set-up> ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-14 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Click Apply to change the IP settings Save Configuration to NVRAM and reset the system to implement the changes (Tools > Save Configuration). Set-up> Port Configuration Figure 5-14: Port Co...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-16 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Tools Menu The Tools page contains functions to maintain your switch. Figure 5-16: Tools Menu There is a firmware upgrade; the means to save current settings to non-volatile memory (NVRAM); as we...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-17 SM-10004-02 After making any changes to the screens within the Web Interface, you can save the changed settings to NVRAM. If changes are not saved to NVRAM, then they will be lost during the next switch rese...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-19 SM-10004-02 The user name and password can be up to 20 characters and are case sensitive. The password entered is encrypted on the screen and will display as a sequence of asterisks (*). The factory default ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-22 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > Disable Advanced Alerting Figure 5-22: Advanced > Disable Advanced Alerting To prevent accidental use, warnings appear when an advanced feature is selected. This screen allows ex...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-24 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > Advanced Security Figure 5-24: Advanced Security This menu option allows you to configure the advanced security settings of the switch to limit the access to the management interfac...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-25 SM-10004-02 Advanced > Port Mirroring Figure 5-25: Figure 4-18. Port Mirroring Port mirroring is a feature to help in the debugging of a network. This web interface page allows the enabling or disabling o...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-26 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Port Trunking is a feature that allows multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link (aggregate link). Trunks can be defined for similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-27 SM-10004-02 Advanced> Advanced Tools Use the advanced tools menu to upgrade the software for the switch through a variety of options using the TFTP protocol and to customize the configuration file of the ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-28 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 This option requires the same setup as the Net option, i.e. TFTP server and a new image. However, it copies the image to non-volatile memory and then the system boots from non-volatile memory. Wa...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-29 SM-10004-02 Advanced > Traffic Management Traffic management covers the methods to improve the performance of your network by differentiating traffic and limiting excess broadcast traffic. There are two m...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-30 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > Traffic Management > Broadcast Control Broadcast control lets you set a threshold for the number of broadcast packets sent over a port. Figure 5-31: Broadcast Control menu Advanc...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-31 SM-10004-02 Advanced> VLAN> Primary VLAN Figure 5-32: Primary VLAN A ‘U’ or ‘T’ will be displayed for each port assigned to the VLAN, where ‘U’ stands for untagged and ‘T’ for tagged. If a port is an u...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-32 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Click Apply. Add a port to a VLAN Group Under the ‘Show VLAN’ drop down menu, select the VLAN you want to edit. Click the box below the port number on the line of the VLAN so that a ‘T’ (tagged) ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-33 SM-10004-02 Advanced> Spanning Tree This switch is compliant with IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). STP ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There maybe mor...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-35 SM-10004-02 Table 5-1. STP Port Setting Parameters Fastlink in STP mode . If a client is trying to access a server through the switch running the STP negotiation, it will not be able to connect to it immedia...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-36 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced> MAC> Address Aging Figure 5-36: MAC > Address Aging Aging Time is a variable that must be configured. Its purpose is to determine the amount of time an entry is held in the for...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based Management Interface 5-37 SM-10004-02 Any system, whose MAC address and the port number are listed in this screen, will not be purged from the system’s forwarding table by the aging process. 1. Add a new entry 2. Enter the MAC addres...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-38 Web-Based Management Interface SM-10004-02 • Enable . The system will detect IGMP queries, report packets, and manage IP multicast traffic through the switch • Disable . The switch will forward traffic and disregard any IGMP requests. Adv...

Command Line Interface 6-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 6 Command Line Interface The 700 Series Managed Switch features a Command Line Interface (CLI) designed for expert users who are familiar with common CLIs in use in the market. The CLI follows a tiered structure, enabling different commands at different...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-2 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Once you see the root prompt, you are in CLI mode. If you have a question on what commands you can use, type a question mark ‘?’ at the prompt. A list of available commands will be presented to you. There...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-3 SM-10004-02 <IP Address> = the IP address of the destination host Exit The exit command moves you up one level in the CLI structure. For example, when you are in configuration mode, and the prompt looks like FS...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-4 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 FSM726# show diffserv An example of the partial output is shown below. DSCP Priority ==== ======== 0 normal 1 normal 2 normal 3 normal 4 normal 5 normal 6 normal Interfaces The show interface command disp...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-5 SM-10004-02 0 Packet Discards, 0 Packet Errors IP The show IP s IP information Syntax FSM726# show ip An example of the display output is shown below. IP Assignment Mode: ManualIP address: 169.254.224.1Subnet mask: 2...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-6 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Multicast-Static The show mac-address-table multicast-static command displays the static multicast addresses Syntax FSM726# show mac-address-table multicast-static Static The show mac-address-table static...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-7 SM-10004-02 Running-Config The show running-config command displays the current running configuration. It displays a great deal of information, including system information, interface status of each port, VLAN config...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-8 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 no shutdown speed 100 duplex full flow-ctrl negotiation auto switchport access vlan untagged 1 switchport access native 1 spanning-tree port-priority 128 spanning-tree cost 19 no spanning-tree fastlink ex...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-9 SM-10004-02 VLAN1 Spanning tree enabled protocol IEEE ROOT ID Priority 32768 Address 0009.5b36.b007 Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec Bridge ID Priority 32768 Address: 0009.5b36.b007 Hello Time 2 s...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-10 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 System The show system command displays system-related data. Syntax FSM726# show system An example of the display output is shown below.System Uptime: 0 Days 1 hr. 42 min. 15 sec.System Description: FSM7...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-11 SM-10004-02 Trunk Id Ports-------- ---------------------------- 1 Fa1/9,Fa1/10 2 Fa1/1,Fa1/2 3 Fa1/17,Fa1/18 4 VLAN The show VLAN command displays VLAN configuration and status of the switch. Brief The show vlan bri...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-12 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 <VLAN index #> = The VLAN ID. Adding the VLAN ID to the show vlan command displays the port that belongs to that particular VLAN. For example, show vlan 1 displays the ports that belong to VLAN 1. ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-13 SM-10004-02 FSM726(config)# diffserv <DSCP> <priority> Where <DSCP> = The DSCP value, which ranges from 0-63 <Priority> = The priority associated with the defined DSCP value. The available op...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-14 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 When the interface command is properly entered, you will be taken to the Interface Configuration Mode, where the prompt changes from FSM726(config)# to FSM726(config-if)#. When you are done configuring o...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-15 SM-10004-02 <duplex operation> = one of three modes. auto, full, or half. Exit This command takes you out of Interface Configuration Mode and back to Configuration Mode. Syntax FSM726(config-if)# exit Flow Con...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-16 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Use the no command to disable mirror. Negotiation This command lets you enable speed and duplex auto-negotiation. Syntax FSM726(config-if)# negotiation auto No The No command negates one of your previous...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-17 SM-10004-02 Where <interface type> = Options for this field include gbic and tp . Shutdown The shutdown command let you shutdown this particular interface. You can reverse this command by using the no shutdown...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-18 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Switchport The switchport command lets you configure VLAN access mode of this particular port. • VLAN syntax FSM726(config-if)# switchport access vlan [tagged <VLAN Membership> | untagged <VLAN ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-21 SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config)# mac-address-table disable Multimedia In networks where multimedia applications generate multicast traffic, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) can greatly reduce unnecessary b...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-22 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Community You can create up to eight different community strings with combinations of privileges. These community strings need to be set prior to setting host access, as the host table depends on the exi...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-23 SM-10004-02 Name Use the name command to give a name to the switch. This is done to make the switch easier to identify. Syntax FSM726(config)# snmp-server name <switch name> Where <switch name> = the nam...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-24 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There are maybe more than two physical path between any two nodes for redundant pa...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-25 SM-10004-02 Priority Use the priority command to set the STP priority Syntax FSM726(config)# spanning-tree priority <priority> Where <priority> = is the STP priority. This number ranges from 0 – 65535. S...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-27 SM-10004-02 IP-filter address The IP-filter address allows you to enter and remove IP address from the approved list. Use the No command to remove an IP address. Syntax FSM726(config)# system ip-filter address <I...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-28 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config)# system gateway <default gateway> Where <default gateway> = the IP address of the default gateway Save The save command is used to save the configuration to the ’s NVRAM...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-29 SM-10004-02 Username Use the username command to create a new user for the switch. Syntax FSM726(config)# system username <username> Where <username> = the user name you wish to set up for accessing the ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-31 SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config)# system radius authen-mode [local | local-then-remote | remote] Where Local = authentication is performed locally and not through an external RADIUS server Local-then-remote = Authe...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-32 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Stat-Reset Use the Stat-Reset command to reset all of the statistics counters in the switch. Syntax FSM726(config)# system stat-reset

Virtual Local Area Network A-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix A Virtual Local Area Network A Local Area Network (LAN) can generally be defined as a broadcast domain. Hubs, bridges or switches in the same physical segment or segments connect all end node devices. End nodes can communicate with each other witho...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 A-2 Virtual Local Area Network SM-10004-02 VLAN Behavior in a 700 Series Managed Switch Packets received by the switch will be treated in the following way: When an untagged packet enters a port, it will be automatically tagged with the port’s...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Virtual Local Area Network A-3 SM-10004-02 To allow untagged packets to participate in the ‘First’ VLAN, make sure to change the Port VLAN IDs for the relevant ports. Access the PVID Settings page then use the space bar to add an ‘X’ indicatin...

Cabling Guidelines B-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix B Cabling Guidelines This appendix provides specifications for cables used with a NETGEAR 700 Series Managed Switch. Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines Fast Ethernet uses UTP cable, as specified in the IEEE 802.3u standard for 100BASE-TX.The specification requ...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-2 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 Category 5 Cable Category 5 distributed cable that meets ANSI/EIA/TIA-568-A building wiring standards can be a maximum of 328 feet (ft.) or 100 meters (m) in length, divided as follows: 20 ft. (6 m) between t...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-3 SM-10004-02 Table-B-1. Electrical Requirements of Category 5 Cable Twisted Pair Cables For two devices to communicate, the transmitter of each device must be connected to the receiver of the other device. The crossover f...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-4 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 Figure B-2 illustrates crossover twisted pair cable. Figure B-2: Crossover Twisted-Pair Cable Patch Panels and Cables If you are using patch panels, make sure that they meet the 100BASE-TX requirements. Use C...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-5 SM-10004-02 Note : Flat “silver satin” telephone cable may have the same RJ-45 plug. However, using telephone cable results in excessive collisions, causing the attached port to be partitioned or disconnected from the ne...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-6 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 Unlike 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX, which use only two of the four pairs of wires within the Category 5, 1000BASE-T uses all four pairs of the twisted pair. Make sure all wires are tested  this is important. Fac...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-7 SM-10004-02 Figure B-4 shows the RJ-45 plug and RJ-45 connector. Figure B-4: RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector with Built-in LEDs Table B-2 lists the pin assignments for the 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 plug and the RJ-45 connector. T...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-8 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 Table-B-3. 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments Conclusion For optimum performance of your 1000BASE-T product, it is important to fully qualify your cable installation and ensure it me...

802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview C-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix C 802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview This appendix provides an overview of802.1x security and configuration. Understanding 802.1x Port Based Network Access Control 802.1x is well on its way to becoming an industry standard, an...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 C-2 802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview SM-10004-02 1. The client sends an EAP-start message. This begins a series of message exchanges to authenticate the client. 2. The access point replies with an EAP-request identity message. 3. The ...

SM-10004-02 Glossary 1 Glossary Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. 10BASE-T The IEEE specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over Category 3, 4, or 5 twisted-pair cable. 100BASE-FX The IEEE specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over fiber-optic cable. 100BA...

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Glossary 7 SM-10004-02 MD5 MD5 creates digital signatures using a one-way hash function, meaning that it takes a message and converts it into a fixed string of digits, also called a message digest. When using a one-way hash function, one can c...

Index 1 Numerics 802.1x Port-Based Authentication 3-14, 4-22 A Address Aging 3-25Admin field 3-9Advanced Security 3-14, 4-20, 4-24Advanced Tools 4-20Advanced> Spanning Tree 4-33Advanced Options 4-19Advantages of VLANs A-1Auto MDI/MDI-X D-2Auto Uplink D-2 B Bridge Priority 3-23Broadcast Control 3-...