User manual

GS2210 Series User’s Guide

CHAPTER 4

The Web Configurator

4.1 Overview

This section introduces the configuration and functions of the web configurator.

The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy Switch setup and

management via Internet browser. Use Internet Explorer 9.0 and later versions, Mozilla Firefox 21 and

later versions, Safari 6.0 and later versions or Google Chrome 26.0 and later versions. The recommended

screen resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels.

In order to use the web configurator you need to allow:

• Web browser pop-up windows from your device. Web pop-up blocking is enabled by default in

Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.

• JavaScript (enabled by default).

• Java permissions (enabled by default).

4.2 System Login

1 Start your web browser.

2 Type “http://” and the IP address of the Switch (for example, the default management IP address is

192.168.1.1) in the Location or Address field. Press [ENTER]. Your computer must be in the same subnet in

order to access this website address.

3 The login screen appears. The default username is admin and associated default password is 1234.