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About configuring the switch
Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switches are plug-and-play, so they can be used without any
configuration. Just connect power, connect to your network and to your other devices,
and you’re done.
For easiest access, we recommend that you cable the switch to a network with a router
or DHCP server that assigns IP addresses and power on the switch. However, it is also
possible to configure the switch connected directly only to the computer that you are
using to configure it, and not connected to the network (off-network).
You can configure and manage advanced features of the switch by using your computer’s
web browser and accessing the switch at its IP address.
If you use a Mac or a 64-bit Windows-based computer, you can use the NETGEAR Switch
Discovery Tool to discover the switch in your network and access the device user interface
(UI) of the switch.
For more information, see the following sections:
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Access the switch using a web browser on page 17
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Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to access the switch on page 20
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Assign a fixed IP address to the switch on page 21
Access the switch using a web browser
This manual describes how to use the device user interface, referred to as the device
UI.
You can access and configure the switch directly through its device UI by entering the
IP address of the switch in the address bar of a browser.
When you access the device UI to configure the switch, you can configure the switch
with it connected to your network, router, or modem, (on-network) but you must
determine the IP address that is assigned to the switch. (By default, the switch is a DHCP
client.)
You can also configure the switch not connected to your network (off-network) using
its default IP address. In that case, you must temporarily set the computer that you are
using to configure the switch to a static IP address in the same subnet as the default IP
address of the switch.
User Manual17Get Started
Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switches
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