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Contents Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience ........................................................................................................................... 5 Why the Document was Created ...................................................................................... 5 How to Use This Document .............................................................................................. 5 Typographical Conventions ...........................................................................
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1. About this Guide 1 Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR™ Smart Switch. Audience This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic-to-intermediate computer and Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, and wireless technology tutorial information is provided in the Appendices. This document describes configuration commands for the smart switch software.
Smart Switch Software Manual Typographical Conventions This guide uses the following typographical conventions: italics Emphasis. bold times roman User input. [Enter] Named keys in text are shown enclosed in square brackets. The notation [Enter] is used for the Enter key and the Return key. [Ctrl]+C Two or more keys that must be pressed simultaneously are shown in text linked with a plus (+) sign. SMALL CAPS DOS file and directory names.
2. Switch Management Overview 2 This chapter gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR Smart Switch. Topics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management Access Overview Your NETGEAR Smart Switch contains software for viewing, changing, and monitoring the way it works. This management software is not required for the switch to work.
Smart Switch Software Manual Web browser • Can be accessed from any location via the switch’s IP address • • Password protected • Ideal for configuring the switch remotely • Compatible with Internet Explorer and • Netscape Navigator Web browsers • • • • Intuitive browser interface Most visually appealing Extensive switch configuration allowed Configuration backup for duplicating settings to other switches • Security can be compromised (hackers can attack if they know IP address) May encounter lag time
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3. Getting Started 3 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. Connect the Smart Switch to a DHCP network. 2. Power on the Smart Switch by plugging in power cord. 3. Install the SmartControlCenter program on your computer 4. Start the SmartControlCenter utility.
Smart Switch Software Manual Figure 3-2: SmartControlCenter > Web Browser Access 7. To manage your switch via your web browser, click Web Browser Access. The main page below will display. The default password is password.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 SmartControlCenter on your PC. 5. Start the SmartControlCenter utility. 6. Click Discover to find your switch. 7. Click Configure Device. Figure 3-4: Assigning the switch a static IP address 8. Choose Disable on DHCP. 9. Enter your IP address, Gateway and Subnet.
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4. Web-Based Management Interface 4 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 interface also allows for system monitoring of the switch. The help page will cover many of the basic functions and features of the switch and its web interface. Web Management requires either Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 6.
Smart Switch Software Manual Within the various browser interface pages, there are several buttons that you can use. Their names and functions are below: Browse: Locates a certain path for a desired file.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. For 10/100 ports, trunks can only be formed within the same bank. This page displays the Trunk status. The default Trunk setting is all groups disabled. To configure user-defined TRUNK groups, go to the Switch> Trunking page. If the IEEE802.
Smart Switch Software Manual Note: The password is case sensitive and with a maximum length of 20. Switch Menu There are 4 options available: • Port Configuration • Statistics • VLAN • Trunking Switch> Port Configuration Page You can configure the status per port by clicking a port ID at the port setting menu. • ID: The port number on the switch. Click this number to configure the port. • Speed: Indicates the communication mode set for the port.
Smart Switch Software Manual Note: Please be aware that speed must set as same as link partner. Otherwise, packet loss or link error might occur. Switch> Port Configuration: Set flow control • Click a port ID. • Click to select Enable or Disable from the pull-down menu under Flow Control. • Click Apply to activate the new setting. Switch> Statistics Page The Statistics Table shows the statistics types for one port over time.
Smart Switch Software Manual • IEEE802.1p-based QoS allows user to map different IEEE802.1p traffic to different levels of priority. Switch> VLAN Page A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a means to electronically separate ports on the same switch from a single broadcast domain into separate broadcast domains. By using VLAN, users can group by logical function instead of physical location. The VLAN Table shows two types of VLAN and other information: • IEEE 802.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 of VLANs across multiple switches (Reference: Appendix A and IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks). Click to select IEEE802.1Q VLAN. A screen pops up to confirm this change. All ports are set belonging to VLAN 1 by default, all untagged.
Smart Switch Software Manual Delete a VLAN Group • Under the VLAN ID drop down menu, select the VLAN you want to remove. • Click to select Remove VLAN. • Click Apply. PVID Setting All untagged packets entering the switch will by default be tagged with the port’s Primary VLAN Identification (PVID). This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port. Take VLAN 2 for example: ports 5, 6, 7, and 8 have been checked as tagged ports for this VLAN.
Smart Switch Software Manual Note: The selected trunk port setting must set to the same VLAN group. 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. • .RX - mirroring only the ingress traffic to the designated source ports. • .TX - mirroring only the egress traffic to the designated source ports.
Smart Switch Software Manual mode can cause temporary loops in your network, but the STP will eliminate them. Fastlink is best used on end node ports, i.e. ports connected to PCs or servers, to avoid network loops. • Bridge Priority: Priority setting of this switch in the Spanning Tree. • Bridge Max Age: Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system. • Bridge Hello Time: Interval between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm.
Smart Switch Software Manual These settings control the Static Multicast Group membership of each port for Static Multicast. Add a new group 1. Create a new group by selecting "Add a new Group". 2. Provide the VLAN ID and the Static Multicast MAC Address (start with 01:00:5e). 3. Add group members by tagging the port icon. 4. Click "Apply" to make the changes take effect. Change group membership 1. Select the Group MAC Address. 2. Change Group membership by tagging the port icon. 3.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 reconfigure the switch quickly if you have to re-set to factory defaults. Additionally, if you want to try out different configurations on the switch, this feature will enable you to quickly return to a previous configuration.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 up.
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5. Software Upgrade 5 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 following section. The upgrade procedure is as follows: 1. Save the new firmware to your computer. 2. Start the SmartControlCenter utility program. 3. Navigate to Maintenance > Firmware 4. Select/click on the switch you want to upgrade. 5.
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A. Default Settings A 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.
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B. IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) B 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 without the need for a router. Routers connect LANs together, routing the traffic to appropriate port.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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. Each port has a default VLAN ID setting that is user configurable (the default setting is 1). The default VLAN ID setting for each port can be changed in PVID Setting page.
Smart Switch Software Manual b. If a tagged packet with a VLAN tag value 10 enters Port 3, the packet will have access to Port 1 and Port 2. If the packet leaves Port 1 and/or Port 2, it will be stripped away its tag becoming an untagged packet as it leaves switch. c. If an untagged packet enters Port 4, switch will tag it with a VLAN tag value 20. The packet will have access to Port 5 and Port 6. The outgoing packet will be stripped away its tag becoming an untagged packet as it leaves Port 6.
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C. Port-Based VLAN C 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 ports belonging to VLAN 1. Port-based VLANs Packets received by the switch will be treated in the following way: • When a packet enters a port, it only can proceed to the VLAN which the port belongs to.
Smart Switch Software Manual • 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 for the usage of connecting file server and printer server. Sales and Marketing departments can share file archives and printing services. • Port 25 provides Gigabit speed for email server and Internet connection.
D. Cabling Guidelines D This appendix provides specifications for cables used with a NETGEAR Smart Switch. Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines Fast Ethernet uses UTP cable, as specified in the IEEE 802.3u standard for 100BASE-TX.The specification requires Category 5 UTP cable consisting of either two-pair or four-pair twisted insulated copper conductors bound in a single plastic sheath. Category 5 cable is certified up to 100 MHz bandwidth.
Smart Switch Software Manual 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 panel (if used) 295 ft. (90 m) from the wiring closet to the wall outlet 10 ft. (3 m) from the wall outlet to the desktop device The patch panel and other connecting hardware must meet the requirements for 100 Mbps operation (Category 5). Only 0.
Smart Switch Software Manual Figure D-1: Straight-Through Twisted-Pair Cable 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 all patch cables and work area cables to ensure that your UTP patch cable rating meets or exceeds the distribution cable rating.
Smart Switch Software Manual Figure D-3: Category 5 UTP Cable with Male RJ-45 Plug at Each End Note: 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.
Smart Switch Software Manual Length The maximum distance limitation between two pieces of equipment is 100 m, as per the original Ethernet specification. The end-to-end link is called the “channel.” TSB-67 defines the “Basic Link” which is the portion of the link that is part of the building infrastructure. This excludes patch and equipment cords. The maximum basic link length is 295 feet (90 m).
Smart Switch Software Manual RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connectors In a Fast Ethernet network, it is important that all 100BASE-T certified Category 5 cabling use RJ-45 plugs. The RJ-45 plug accepts 4-pair UTP or shielded twisted-pair (STP) 100-ohm cable and connects into the RJ-45 connector. The RJ-45 connector is used to connect stations, hubs, and switches through UTP cable; it supports 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps data transmission. Figure D-4 shows the RJ-45 plug and RJ-45 connector.
Smart Switch Software Manual Table D-3. 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments PIN CHANNEL DESCRIPTION 1 2 A Rx/Tx Data + Rx/Tx Data 3 6 B Rx/Tx Data + Rx/Tx Data 4 5 C Rx/Tx Data + Rx/Tx Data 7 8 D Rx/Tx Data + Rx/Tx Data 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/TIA-568-A:1995 or ISO/IEC 11801:1995 Category 5 specifications.
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