Linksys EF1324 manual

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 2 4-Por t 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Use this guide to install: EF1324 User Guide Instant EtherFast ® Series[...]

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EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch T r oubleshooting 155 Common Problems and Solutions 155 Appendix 116 Upgrading Firmware via the Serial P ort 116 Glossary 118 Specifications 124 En vironmental 125 W arranty Infor mation 126 Contact Information 127 Instant EtherFast ® Series T able of Contents Introduc[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 1 Introduction Migrate your netw ork to Gigabit speed with the EtherF ast ® La y er 3 Management 24-P or t 10/100 + 2-P or t Gigabit Ethernet Switch. Perfect for toda y’ s netw ork computing demands, this Switch from Linksys deliv ers Lay er 3 switching and fast tran[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Status Col ( Red ) The LED will illuminate when collisions are detected. Act ( Red ) The LED will illuminate w hen there are active ports. FDX ( Red ) The LED will illuminate when there are ports operating in full-duplex mode. 100 ( Red ) The LED will illuminate when th[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Installing the Switch Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Considerations If you will be using the Switch for F ast Ethernet (100Mbps) or Gigabit (1000Mbps) applications, you must observe this guideline: The maximum UTP cabling length using Cate gor y 5 cable is 328 feet (100m). F[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 7 Instant EtherFast ® Series 6 Switch Management The Switch offers an easy-to-use, menu-dri ven conf iguration program. This program can be accessed b y a console interf ace, a W eb bro wser , a telnet con- nection, or SNMP/RMON. Using this conf iguration program, you [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 9 Instant EtherFast ® Series 2. The follo wing screen will appear . Enter a Name for this connection. In the example belo w , the name of the connection is EF1324. Click the OK but- ton. 3. The follo wing screen will appear . In the bottom drop do wn box labeled Connec[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Connecting the Serial Cable to the Switch and Computer T o enable communications with the Switch, the serial cab le must be connected betw een the Switch and the computer . 1. Make sure both the Switch and the computer are po w ered do wn. 2. Plug one end of the serial [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 13 Instant EtherFast ® Series Configuring the Switch Using the Console Inter face The Switch’ s menu-driven conf iguration program ma y be conf igured using the console port, a W eb browser , telnet, or SNMP/RMON . The remote manage- ment methods can be used once the[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 15 Instant EtherFast ® Series • Netw ork Monitor Menu - Pro vides access to por t statistics, RMON statis- tics, address tables, VLAN registration and forwarding information, multicast groups, and subnet addresses. • System Restart Menu - Resets the management agen[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 17 Instant EtherFast ® Series 16 The Management Setup Menu screen allo ws you to conf igure the IP address for the Switch, serial port settings for console management, SNMP parameters, and user privile ges. • Netw ork Conf iguration - Includes IP setup, ping facility[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 19 Instant EtherFast ® Series 18 IP Conf iguration The IP Conf iguration menu allo ws you to conf igure the IP parameters. (Only displa yed in La y er 2 mode) • Interface T ype - Indicates IP o ver Ethernet. • IP Addr ess - IP address of the Switch y ou are managin[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 21 Instant EtherFast ® Series 20 HTTP Conf iguration The HTTP Conf iguration screen allo ws you to enab le or disable W eb man- agement. Note: P or t 80 is used for HTTP service. Select Apply to mak e changes. Select OK to retur n to the previous panel. Select Cancel t[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 23 Instant EtherFast ® Series 22 SNMP Conf iguration The SNMP Conf iguration screen displa ys parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). • Send A uthentication F ail T raps - Issue a trap message to specif ied IP trap managers whene ver authenticat[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 25 Instant EtherFast ® Series 24 IP T rap Manag ers The IP Trap Managers screen specif ies management stations that will recei ve authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the Switch. Up to f iv e trap managers may be entered. • IP Address - IP addr[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add User The Add User screen allo ws you to add a user . • User Name - Specif ies user authorized management access to the Switch via the console, telnet, or the W eb . • P assw ord - Sets up the passw ord for the new user . • Access Right - ADMIN: Read/Write for [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Conf iguration File The Conf iguration F ile screen allo ws you to load a conf iguration f ile on any Switch on the netw ork. • Station IP - IP address of the Switch you w ant the conf iguration f ile to be sent to. • Operation - Giv es you the choice of do wnloadin[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch The Device Control Menu is used to control a broad range of functions, includ- ing port mode, por t mirroring, por t trunking, Spanning T ree, VLANs, IP sub- nets, multicast f iltering, and routing protocols. Note: This screen shots sho ws the Device Control Menu displa[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch System Mode The System Mode screen lets you set the Switch to operate as a La y er 2 switch or as a multila yer routing s witch. As a La y er 2 switch, the Switch mak es all f il- tering and forwarding decisions based strictl y on MA C addresses. As a multi- la yer rout[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 35 Instant EtherFast ® Series La y er 2 Menu The La yer 2 Menu contains options for port conf iguration, por t mir roring, and port tr unking. • P ort Conf iguration - Enables an y por t, enables/disab les flo w control, and sets communication mode to auto-negotiatio[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Monitor P ort - The port that will duplicate the transmitted or received traff ic appearing on the mir rored por t. Note: Y ou can mir ror multiple ports to a single por t to vie w traff ic such as that crossing a port tr unk. Ho w e ver , note that some packets ma [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Static Address Entry The Add Static Address Entr y screen allo ws you to add static addresses for unicasting. • Addr ess - The MA C address of a host device attached to this Switch. • Po r t - The switch port the host device is attached to. Select OK to conf ir [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Multicast Address Entry The Add Static Address Entr y screen allo ws you to add static addresses for multicasting. • VLAN - The VLAN cor responding to this multicast ser vice. • Addr ess - The destination MA C address for a multicast ser vice. • Po r t - The p[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Bridge Configuration The Bridge Conf iguration screen allo ws you to conf igure global bridge settings. • Spanning T ree - Enable this parameter to participate in a ST A compliant netw ork. • Bridge Priority - Bridge priority is used in selecting the root de vice, r[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch the Spanning T ree. When more than one port is assigned the highest priority , the port with the low est numeric identif ier will be enabled. The range is 0-255. • Cost - This parameter is used by the ST A algorithm to determine the best path betw een devices. Therefo[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Lea v e All Time - The inter val (centiseconds) betw een sending out a Lea ve All quer y message for g roup par ticipants and the por t lea ving the group. This inter val should be considerab ly lar ger than the Leav e T ime to minimize the amount of traff ic genera[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch IP Menu The IP Menu is used to conf igure the IP subnets for each VLAN on your Switch, the unicast and multicast routing protocols, and IGMP . This menu is only a vailable for a Switch in m ultila y er mode. • Subnet Conf iguration - Specif ies the IP interf ace for V[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modify Subnet The Modify Subnet screen allo ws you to modify an IP interface. • VLAN - The VLAN associated with this IP interface. • Select - Use this option to create or modify a VLAN. • IP Address - The IP address associated with the specif ied VLAN interface. ?[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Subnet Conf iguration: Modify OSPF Conf iguration The Subnet Conf iguration: Modify OSPF Conf iguration screen allo ws you to modify the OSPF parameters. • Ar ea ID - A 32-bit number assigned to each interface or subnet r un- ning the OSPF protocol. • Router Priorit[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Subnet Conf iguration: Modify D VMRP Conf iguration The Subnet Conf iguration: Modify D VMRP Conf iguration screen allo ws you to modify the D VMRP parameters. • Metrics - This value is used to select the best re v erse path to netw orks that are connected directly to[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Protocol Configuration The Protocol Conf iguration screen is used to globally enab le or disable uni- cast or multicast routing protocols for the Switch. • ARP - Address Resolution Protocol. Select Ad vanced for additional conf iguration (see page 23). • Pr o xy ARP[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch RIP Conf iguration The RIP Conf iguration screen allo ws you to specify ho w routers exchange routing tab le infor mation. • RIP Update Time - Duration of timeout (in seconds). • Default Route Ad vertisement - Enab le or disable the use of default route messages. ?[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • OSPF Virtual Link Conf iguration - Def ines a virtual link that can be used to connect an OSPF area not ph ysically adjacent to the OSPF backbone, or to create a backup link to any area. • OSPF Host Router Conf iguration - Def ines a main route of OSPF to connect [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Area Conf iguration: Add OSPF Area The OSPF Area Conf iguration: Add OSPF Area screen allows y ou to add an area. • Ar ea ID - The ID of the OSPF area. • Stub - The type of the OSPF area. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel an y c[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Range The Add OSPF Range screen allows y ou to add an OSPF range. • Ar ea Identity - The OSPF Area to which the attached netw ork belongs. • IP Address - The IP protocol address for this interface. • Addr ess Mask - This indicates the portion of the IP in[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Vir tual Link The Add OSPF V irtual Link screen allows y ou to add an OSPF vir tual link. • Ar ea ID - This is a 32-bit number that identif ies the area. • Neighbor Router ID - The ID of the routers that ha ve interfaces to a common netw ork. Select OK to r[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Host Route The Add OSPF Host Route screen allows y ou to add an OSPF host route. • IP Address - The IP address applied for this interface. • Cost - The cost of sending a packet on the interface, expressed in the link state metric. • Ar ea ID - The OSPF ar[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch IGMP Snooping Conf iguration The IGMP Snooping Conf iguration allo ws you to set up IGMP snooping. IGMP snooping is used to monitor for any attached hosts who w ant to receiv e a specif ic multicast ser vice. It looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Static ARP Entry The Add Static ARP Entr y screen is used to add a static ARP entry . • IP Addr ess - IP address staticall y mapped to a physical MA C address. • MA C Address - MA C address statically mapped to the correspon- ding IP address. • Interface - The[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Routing Entry The Add Routing Entr y screen is used to add a routing entr y . • IP Address - IP address of static ARP entr y . • MA C Address - MA C address of static ARP entr y . • Next Hop - The IP address of the router at the next hop. • Routing Metric - [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Security Menu The Security Menu is used to conf igure security options. • MA C Filtering Conf iguration - Security f iltering can be used to drop all the traff ic from a host device based on a specif ied MAC address. Traf f ic with either a source or destination addre[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add MA C Address F ilter The Add MA C Address Filter screen allo ws you to add MA C addresses. • MA C Addr ess - The MA C address of a host device attached to this Switch. Select OK to conf irm the changes. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Security Mode The Securi[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch IGMP Snooping Conf iguration The IGMP Snooping Conf iguration allo ws you to set up IGMP snooping. IGMP snooping is used to monitor for any attached hosts who w ant to receiv e a specif ic multicast ser vice. It looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • IP Multicast Registration T able - Displa ys all the multicast groups activ e on this Switch, including the multicast IP address and the corresponding VLANs. (Only displa yed for La y er 2 mode. When the Switch is in multila y- er mode, IP Multicast Registration T a[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Alignment Err ors - The number of alignment er rors (mis-synchronized data packets). • Out Octets - The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters. • Out Unicast Pkts - The total number of packets that higher -lev el pr[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 87 Instant EtherFast ® Series • Octets - Number of octets passing through this por t. • Multiple Collisions - A count of successfull y transmitted frames for which transmission is inhibited b y more than one collision. • Late Collisions - The number of times that[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 89 Instant EtherFast ® Series • Undersize F rames - The total number of frames received that w ere less than 64 octets long (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and w ere otherwise well formed. • Ov ersize F rames - The total number of frames recei ve[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Spanning T ree Bridg e Information The ST A Bridge Infor mation screen displays a summary of ST A informa- tion for the o verall bridge. • Priority - Device priority is used in selecting the root de vice, root por t, and designated port. The device with the highest pr[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Status - Displays current state of this por t within the Spanning T ree: Disabled No link has been established on this port. Otherwise, the port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnostics. Blocking P or t receiv ed ST A conf iguration messages, but does[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch VLAN Dynamic Registration Information The VLAN Dynamic Registration Information screen sho ws the por ts that ha ve been automaticall y lear ned via GVRP . • VLAN - The ID for the VLAN. • Po r t - The ports on the Switch. Read the numbers vertically; they range from[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch IP Multicast Registration T ab le The IP Multicast Registration T able displa ys all the multicast groups active on the Switch, including the multicast IP address and the cor responding VLANs. • VLAN - A VLAN with host members that ha ve asked to recei ve the indicat-[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Subnet Information The Subnet Information screen displays information about the IP interface for VLANs conf igured on this Switch. • IP Address - The IP address associated with the specif ied VLAN inter- face. • Subnet Mask - A template that identif ies the address [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Routing T able The Routing T able lists the routes through w hich all recognized Ethernet netw orks (and cor responding VLAN) can be reached. • Destination Netw ork - A destination netw ork, subnet, or host. • Destination Mask - The subnet mask that specif ies the b[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Multicast F orwarding Cache T ab le - Cache for multicast forwarding. • D VMRP Routing T ab le - Routing table for Distance-V ector Multicast Routing Protocol. • D VMRP Neighbor T ab le - T able of neighbors for Distance-V ector Multicast Routing Protocol. Selec[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Multicast F orwarding Cac he The Multicast F orw arding Cache displays the settings for the cache. • Gr oup Address - An IP multicast group address with subscribers directl y attached or downstream from this Switch. • Sour ce Address - The IP subnetw ork at the root[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch D VMRP Neighbor T able The D VMRP Neighbor T able sho ws information about the neighbors used for the Distance-V ector Multicast Routing Protocol. • Interface - The IP interface on this Switch that connects to the upstream neighbor . • Neighbor Addr ess - The IP add[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Interface T able The OSPF Interf ace T able screen sho ws information about the inter- faces for the OSPF protocol. • IP Address - The IP address of an interface. • Rtr ID - The ID of the router . • Designated Rtr - The IP address of the designated router . ?[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Neighbor T able The OSPF Neighbor T able screen displa ys infor mation about the OSPF neighbors. • IP Address - The IP address of the OSPF neighbor . • ID - The ID of the OSPF neighbor . • Router ID - A 32-bit number assigned to the router . • Option - The [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch The System Restart Menu resets the management agent. • Reload F actory Defaults - Choose whether or not you w ant to reload the fac- tory def aults. • [Restart] - Restar ts the Switch. Note : When restarting the system, it will alw a ys run the P o w er-On Self-T es[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Troubleshooting This section pro vides possible solutions to prob lems regarding the installation and operation of the Managed 24-P or t with Dual Gigabit Switch. If y our situ- ation is described here, the problem should be solv ed by appl ying the cor re- sponding sol[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 3. Change your baud rate to the selected v alue, and press Enter to enable do wnload. From the terminal emulation program, select the f ile you w ant to do wnload , set the protocol to XModem, and then initialize do wnloading. Note: If you use W indo ws Hyper ter minal,[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 119 Instant EtherFast ® Series 118 “categories” (the singular is commonl y refer red to as “CA T”) of twisted pair cabling systems (wires, junctions, and connectors) in terms of the data rates that they can sustain. CA T 3 cable has a maximum throughput of 16Mb[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch HyperT erminal - A basic communications program that is an accessor y for all W indo ws operating systems, star ting with W indows 95. It enab les your com- puter to communicate with other compatible de vices, using either a standard RS-232 cable, null modem cab le, or [...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (hub, router , bridge, etc.) to the w orkstation console used to o versee the net- w ork. The agents return infor mation contained in a MIB (Management Information Base), which is a data structure that def ines what is obtainab le from the device and w hat can be contro[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Dimensions 16.93" x 13.78" x 1.75" (430 mm x 350 mm x 44.4 mm) Unit Weight 8.38 lbs. (3.8 kg) Power Input 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz Power Consumption 100 watts Certifications FCC Class A, CE Operating T emp. 0° C to 50° C (32° F to 122° F) Storage T emp. -[...]

EtherFast ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 127 Instant EtherFast ® Series 126 Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Support[...]

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