Page 3 - Contents
Contents iii July 2005 Contents Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience ......................................................................................................................... 1-1 Why the Document was Created ................................................................................
Page 5 - Chapter 1; Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR; Audience; Chapter 4, “Administration Console Telnet Interface”
About This Guide 1-1 July 2005 Chapter 1 About This Guide Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR ™ Smart Switch Series Switch. Audience This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic-to-intermediate computer and Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, and wireless technolo...
Page 6 - Typographical Conventions; This guide uses the following typographical conventions:; Special Message Formats; Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 1-2 About This Guide July 2005 Note: Refer to the release notes for the Smart Switch Series Switch Software application level code. The release notes detail the platform specific functionality of the Switching, SNMP, Config, and Management packages. Typographical ...
Page 7 - Chapter 2; Switch Management Overview; Management Access Overview; Smartwizard Discovery Utility program
Switch Management Overview 2-1 July 2005 Chapter 2 Switch Management Overview This chapter gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR Smart Switch Series Switch. Topics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management Ac...
Page 10 - Chapter 3; For a Network with a DHCP Server; Connect the Smart Switch to a DHCP network.
Getting Started 3-1 July 2005 Chapter 3 Getting Started This chapter will walk you through the steps to start managing your switch. This chapter will cover how to get started in a network with a DHCP server (most common) as well as if you do not have a DHCP server. For a Network with a DHCP Server 1...
Page 11 - To manage your switch via your web browser, click; Web Access; . The main page below will; password
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Getting Started 3-2 July 2005 Figure 3-2: Smartwizard Discovery > Web Access 7. To manage your switch via your web browser, click Web Access . The main page below will display. The default password is password . Figure 3-3: Web Management main page
Page 12 - For a Network without a DHCP Server; Discover; Disable
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 3-3 Getting Started July 2005 For a Network without a DHCP Server 1. Connect your switch to your existing network. 2. Power on your switch by plugging in the power cord. 3. The default IP is 192.168.0.239. 4. Install the Smartwizard Discovery program on your PC. 5...
Page 15 - Chapter 4; Only one user can be logged in at any time.
Web-Based Management Interface 4-1 July 2005 Chapter 4 Web-Based Management Interface Your NETGEAR Smart Switch series provides a built-in browser interface that lets you configure and manage it remotely using a standard Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. This int...
Page 16 - System Menu; System> Switch Status Page
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-2 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 There is a Help Menu in the top of right side of screen. Click the help to read the full Help Menu. On some pages, there is a Help button. If you click that button, you will go to the part of the Help Menu that discusse...
Page 17 - System> IP Access List Page; that your new IP is the same of current PC.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-3 July 2005 • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Control support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default setting for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed and duplex for the port. DOWN me...
Page 18 - System> Password Page
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-4 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 • The DHCP function is enabled by default. Click Static IP Address to disable the DHCP function. • Enter site-specific IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway in the appropriate boxes • Click Apply to activate the setting S...
Page 19 - Click to select a speed from the pull-down menu under Speed.; Switch> Port Configuration: Set flow control; Click Apply to activate the new setting.; Switch> Statistics Page; ID: The port number on the switch
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-5 July 2005 • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Control support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default setting for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed and duplex for the port. DOWN me...
Page 21 - Change members
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-7 July 2005 • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN (Tagged VLAN) • Port-based VLAN • ID: The port number on the switch • Description: User-definable • Member: Indicates which port/s belong to a VLAN group Switch> VLAN> Port-based VLAN Multiple p...
Page 22 - All ports are set belonging to VLAN 1 by default, all untagged.; Under the VLAN ID drop down menu, select Add new VLAN.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-8 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 Switch> VLAN> IEEE802.1Q Tag VLAN Depending on your model switch there are up to 64 static Tag VLAN groups supported on your switch. The VLAN tagging option is a standard set by the IEEE to facilitate the spanning...
Page 23 - Under the VLAN ID drop down menu, select the VLAN you want to remove.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-9 July 2005 Note: To allow untagged packets to participate in VLAN 2, make sure to change the Port VLAN Ids (PVID) for the relevant ports. Access the PVID Settings by using the VLAN ID drop down menu. Delete a VLAN Group • Under th...
Page 24 - Switch> Trunking Page; The selected trunk port setting must set to the same VLAN group.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-10 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 Switch> Trunking Page 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 por...
Page 25 - Switch> Monitor Page
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-11 July 2005 Switch> Monitor Page The Monitor feature allows you to configure any port's incoming and/or outgoing traffic to be mirrored to a pre-defined sniffer port. Sniffer Mode: • .Disable - disable port mirroring globally. ...
Page 26 - Device bootup - The switch generates an SNMP trap when it reboots.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-12 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 Switch> Advanced> Spanning Tree Page • Fast Link: When a port running the standard Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is connected, it will go through the STP negotiation ( listening -> learning -> forwarding or ...
Page 27 - Firmware Menu
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based Management Interface 4-13 July 2005 Firmware Menu There are 2 options available: • Configuration Backup • Factory Reset Firmware> Configuration Backup Page You can backup the system and switch settings to your workstation. This can help you to reconfi...
Page 28 - Logout
Smart Switch Series Software Manual 4-14 Web-Based Management Interface July 2005 Note: Please be aware that the switch will reboot after a successful reset. Logout When finished with all configuration and settings, click Logout to disconnect the current browser connection. The login page will pop u...
Page 29 - Chapter 5; Firmware Upgrade
Software Upgrade 5-1 July 2005 Chapter 5 Software Upgrade The application software for the Smart Switch is upgradeable, enabling your switch to take advantage of improvements and additional features as they become available. The upgrade procedure and the required equipment are described in the follo...
Page 31 - Appendix B; The Advantages of VLANs
IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) B-1 July 2005 Appendix B IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) 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 c...
Page 32 - Example; Configure the VLAN membership. Be sure to set all of them as follows.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual B-2 IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) July 2005 IEEE 802.1Q VLANs 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 default VLAN ID tag number. ...
Page 33 - The following scenarios will produce results as described below:
Smart Switch Series Software Manual IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) B-3 July 2005 • Default VLAN: Port 7 – Port 26 (all U), VID = 1 • VLAN 1: Port 1 (U), Port 2 (U), Port 3 (T), VID = 10 • VLAN 2: Port 4 (U), Port 5 (T), Port 6 (U), VID = 20. 4. The following scenarios will produce res...
Page 35 - Appendix C; Setup the following VLANs, each with defined descriptions:
Port-Based VLAN C-1 July 2005 Appendix C Port-Based VLAN Port-based VLAN will help efficiently confine the broadcast traffic to the switch ports. This switch allows up to 26 port-based VLAN groups, any one port can belong to different VLAN groups. The default VLAN group port-based VLAN that have all...
Page 36 - The specific ports above have the following functions:
Smart Switch Series Software Manual C-2 Port-Based VLAN July 2005 • Setting up first VLAN group (IT), VLAN ID = 01, with membership of all ports. Since VLAN ID 01 has been setup by default, you will have to remove the ports that belong to all other VLAN group except port 25. • Ports 7 and 8 are kept...
Page 37 - Appendix D; Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines; Certification
Cabling Guidelines D-1 July 2005 Appendix D Cabling Guidelines This appendix provides specifications for cables used with a NETGEAR Smart Switch Series Switch. Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines Fast Ethernet uses UTP cable, as specified in the IEEE 802.3u standard for 100BASE-TX.The specification requi...
Page 38 - Category 5 Cable; Category 5 Cable Specifications; Ensure that the fiber cable is crossed over to guarantee link.
Smart Switch Series Software Manual D-2 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 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 the hub and the patch pa...
Page 39 - Twisted Pair Cables; illustrates straight-through twisted pair cable.; SPECIFICATIONS
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-3 July 2005 Table-D-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 function is usually impl...
Page 40 - illustrates crossover twisted pair cable.; Patch Panels and Cables
Smart Switch Series Software Manual D-4 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 Figure D-2 illustrates crossover twisted pair cable. Figure D-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 Category 5 UTP cable for...
Page 41 - Note; Using 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5 Cable; Cabling; Length
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-5 July 2005 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 network. Using 1000BASE-T...
Page 42 - Factors that affect the return loss are:; Patch Cables
Smart Switch Series Software Manual D-6 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 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. Factors that affect the re...
Page 43 - PIN
Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-7 July 2005 Figure D-4 shows the RJ-45 plug and RJ-45 connector. Figure D-4: RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector with Built-in LEDs Table D-2 lists the pin assignments for the 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 plug and the RJ-45 connector. Table-D-2. 10/100 Mbps R...
Page 44 - Conclusion
Smart Switch Series Software Manual D-8 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 Table-D-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 meets or exceeds ANSI/EIA...
Page 45 - Appendix A
Default Settings A-1 July 2005 Appendix A Default Settings This appendix provides default settings for the NETGEAR Smart Switches. You can always configure the switch to default settings by using the Factory Reset function from a Web browser. Table A-1. Default Settings FEATURE DEFAULT SETTING Port ...
Page 47 - Numerics; Index
Index 1 Numerics 802.1x Port-Based Authentication 3-16, 4-25 A Address Aging 3-26 Admin field 3-9 Advanced Security 3-16, 4-20, 4-25 Advanced Tools 4-21 Advanced> Spanning Tree 4-35 Advanced Options 4-19 Advantages of VLANs A-1 Auto MDI/MDI-X D-2 Auto Uplink D-2 B Bridge Priority 3-24 Broadcast C...
