NETGEAR FS750T2NA manual

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Contents iii July 2005 Content s Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience ............. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ......... ... 1-1 Why the Document was Created .................. ... ............. ............. ............. ................ ........ 1-1 How to Use This Documen[...]

July 2005 iv Contents Switch> VLAN> IEEE802.1Q T ag VLAN .............................. ................ ............ 3-7 Switch> Trunking Page ............... ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ .. 3-9 Switch> Monitor Page . ............. ................ ................ ............. .......[...]

About This Guide 1-1 July 2005 Chapter 1 About This Guide Thank you for pu rchasing the NETGEAR ™ Smart Switch Series Switch. Audience This reference manual assumes that the reader h as basic-to-intermediate computer and Internet skills. However , basic computer ne twork, Internet, and wireless technology tutorial information is provided in the A[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 1-2 About This Guide July 2005 Note: Refer to the release notes for the Smart Sw itch Series Switch Software application level code. The release notes detail the platform specific functionality of the Switching, SNMP , Config, and Management pa ckages. T ypographical Conventions This guide uses the following typ[...]

Switch Management Overview 2-1 July 2005 Chapter 2 Switch Management Overview This chapter gives an overview of switch ma nagement, including the method s you can use to manage your NETGEAR Smart Switch Series Switch. T opics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management Access Overview Y our NETGEAR Smart Switch [...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 2-2 Switc h Manageme nt Overvie w July 2005 T able 2-1. Comp aring Switch Management Methods Management Method Advantages Disadva nt ages SmartWizard Discovery Utility • No IP address or subnet needed Show all switches on the network • User-friendly inte rface • Firmware upgradeabl e • Not convenient for[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Switch Management Overview 2-3 July 2005[...]

Getting Started 3-1 July 2005 Chapter 3 Getting S t arted This chapter will walk you through the steps to start managing your switch. This chapter will cover how to get started in a network w ith a DHCP server (most common) a s well as if yo u do not have a D HCP server . For a Network with a DHCP Server 1. Connect the Smart Switch to a DHCP networ[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Getting Started 3-2 July 2005 Figure 3-2: Smartwizard Discovery > W eb Access 7. T o manage your switch via your web browser , click W eb Access . The main page below will display . The default password is password . Figure 3-3: W eb Management main p age[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 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 p lugging in the power co rd. 3. The default IP is 192.1 68.0.239. 4. Install the Smartwizard Discovery program on your PC. 5. Star t the Smartwizard Discovery utility . 6[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Getting Started 3-4 July 2005 11 . T o manage your switch via your web browser , click W eb Access . The main page below will display . The default password is password . Figure 3-5: W eb Management main p age[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 3-5 Getting Started July 2005[...]

Web-Based Manage men t Interface 4-1 July 2005 Chapter 4 W eb-Based Management Interface Y our NETGEAR Smart Switch series provides a built- in browser interface that lets you configure and manage it remotely usin g a sta ndard W eb brow ser such as Microsoft Intern et Explorer or Netscape Navigator . This interface also allows fo r system monitori[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-2 W eb-Based M anagem ent Interf ace 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 discusses that page. W ithin the various browser inte[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-3 July 2005 • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Contro l support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default settin g for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed an d duplex for the port. DOWN means no link. The next part of th e Switch [...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-4 W eb-Based M anagem ent Interf ace 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 Gate way in the appropriate boxes • Click Apply to activate the setting System> Password Page The password e[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-5 July 2005 • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Contro l support is set for on (Enabled) or off (Disabled). The default settin g for all ports is enabled. • Link Status: Indicates the current speed an d duplex for the port. DOWN means no link. Switch> Port Configuration[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-6 W eb-Based M anagem ent Interf ace July 2005 • Tx Error: T ransmitted packet/s with error . • Rx Error: Received packet/s with error . Packets are counted as TX Error if they: • Had a late collision detected during the transmis sion (512 bit-times into the transmission). • Experienced 16 failed trans[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-7 July 2005 • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN (T agged 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 port-based VLAN groups are supported o[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-8 W eb-Based M anagem ent Interf ace July 2005 Switch> VLAN> IEEE802.1Q T ag VLAN Depending on your mo del switch there are up to 64 static T ag VLAN groups supported on your switch. The VLAN tagging option is a standard se t by the IEEE to facilitate the spanning of VLANs across multiple switches (Refer[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-9 July 2005 Note: T o allow untagged packets to participate in VLAN 2, make sure to change the Port VLAN Ids (PVID) for the relevant ports. Access the PV ID Settings by using th e VLAN ID drop down menu. Delete a VLAN Group • Under the VLAN ID drop down menu, select the VLAN yo[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-10 Web-Based M anagement Interface July 2005 Switch> T runking Page Port T runking is a feature that allows multiple links between switc hes to work as one virtual link (aggregate link). T runks can be defined for similar po rt types only . For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port T runk with a gigabit[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-11 July 2005 Switch> Monitor Page The Monitor feature allows you to configure any port's incoming and/or outgo ing traffic to be mirrored to a pre-defined sniffer port. Sniffer Mode: • .Disable - disable port mirroring globally . • .RX - mirroring only the ingress tra[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-12 Web-Based M anagement Interface July 2005 Switch> Advanced> Sp anning T ree Page • Fast Link: When a port running the standard Sp anning T ree Protocol (STP) is connected, it will go through the STP negotiation ( listening -> learning -> forwarding or blocking ) before it will be fully availab[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Web-Based M anagement Interface 4-13 July 2005 Firmware Menu There are 2 options available: • Configuration Backup • Factory Reset Firmware> Configur ation Backup Page Y ou can bac kup the system and switch settings to your workstation. This can help you to reconfigure the switch quickly if you have to re-[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 4-14 Web-Based M anagement Interface July 2005 Note: Please be aware that the switch will reboot after a successful reset. Logout When finished with all configur ation and settings, click Logout to disconnect the current browser connection. The login page will pop up.[...]

Software Upgrade 5-1 July 2005 Chapter 5 Sof tware Upgrade The application software for the Smart Switch is upgradeable, enabling your switch to take advantage of improvements and additional features as they be come available. The upgrade procedure and the required equipment are desc ribed in the following section. The upgrade procedure is as follo[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 5-2 Software Upgrade July 2005[...]

IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) B-1 July 2005 Appendix B IEEE 802.1Q V irtual Local Area Network (VLAN) A Local Area Network (LAN) can genera lly be defi ned as a broadcast domain. Hubs, bridges or switches in the same physical se gment or segments connect all en d node devices. End nodes can communicate with each other without the ne[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual B-2 IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Loc al Area Network (VLAN) July 2005 IEEE 802.1Q VLANs Packets received by the switch will be treated in th e following way: • When an untagged p acket enters a port, it will be automatically tagged wit h the port’ s default VLAN ID tag number . Each port has a default VLAN ID setting[...]

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 prod uce results as described below: (1). If an unta[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual B-4 IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Loc al Area Network (VLAN) July 2005[...]

Port-Based VLAN C-1 July 2005 Appendix C Port-Based VLAN Port-based VLAN will help ef ficiently confine the br oadcast traf fic to the sw itch ports. This switch allows up to 26 port-based VLAN grou ps, any on e port can belong to different VL AN groups. The default VLAN group po rt-based VLAN that have al l ports belonging to VLAN 1 . Port-based V[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual 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 port s that belong to all other VLAN group except po rt 25 . • Ports 7 and 8 are kept for the usage of co nnec ting file server[...]

Cabling Guidelines D-1 July 2005 Appendix D Cabling Guidelines This appendix provides specif ications 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 requires Category 5 UTP cable consis ting of either tw[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual D-2 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 Category 5 Cable Category 5 distributed cable that me ets ANSI/EIA/ TIA-568-A building wiring stan dards can be a maximum of 328 feet (ft.) or 10 0 meters (m) in length, divided as follows: 20 ft. (6 m) between the hu b and the patch panel (if u sed) 295 ft. (90 m) from the wirin[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-3 July 2005 T able-D-1. Electrical Requirement s of Category 5 Cable T wisted Pair Cables For two devices to communicate, th e transmitter of each device must be connected to the receiver of the other device. The cro sso ver function is usually implemented inte rnally as part of the circuitry[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual D-4 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 Figure D-2 illustrates crossover twisted pair cable. Figure D-2: Crossover T wisted-Pair Cable Patch Panels and Cables If you are using patch panels, make sure th at they meet the 100BASE- TX requirements. Use Category 5 UTP cable for all patch cables and work area cables to ensu[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-5 July 2005 Note : Flat “silver satin” tele phone cable may have the same RJ-45 pl ug. However , using tele phone cable results in excessive collisio ns, causing the attached port to be partitioned or disconnected from the network. Using 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethern et over Category 5 Cable [...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual D-6 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 Unlike 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX, which use onl y two of t he four pairs of wires within the Category 5, 1000BASE-T u ses all four pairs of th e twisted pair . Make sure all wires are tested ⎯ this is important. Factors that affect the return loss are: The number of transition po[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Manual Cabling Guidelines D-7 July 2005 Figure D-4 shows the RJ-45 pl ug and RJ-45 connecto r . Figure D-4: RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Co nne ctor with Built-in LEDs Ta b l e D - 2 lists the pin assignments for the 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 plug and the RJ-45 connector . T able-D-2. 10/100 Mbp s RJ-45 Plug and RJ- 45 Connector Pin As[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual D-8 Cabling Guidelines July 2005 T able-D-3. 100/1000 Mbp s RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignment s Conclusion For optimum performanc e of your 1000BASE-T product, it is important to fully qualify you r cable installation and ensure it meets or exceeds ANSI/EIA/TIA-568-A:1995 or ISO/IEC 1 1801:1995 Categ[...]

Default Settings A-1 July 2005 Appendix A Default Settings This appendix provides defa ult settings for the NETGEAR Sm art Switches. Y ou can always configure the switch to default settings by usin g the F actory Reset function from a W eb browser . T able A-1. Default Settings FEA TURE DEFAUL T SETTING Port S pee d Auto-negoti ation Port Duplex Au[...]

Smart Switch Series Software Man ual A-2 Default Settings July 2005[...]

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 T ools 4-21 Advanced> Spanning T ree 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 Control 3-21, 4-21 C Cat5 cable D-2 Class of Serv[...]

2 Index CLI Configure System Restore 5-30 CLI Configure System Save 5-30 CLI Configure System Stat-Reset 5-34 CLI Configure System Username 5-31 CLI Configure System W eb 5-30 CLI Configure T rap 5-25 CLI Exit 5-3 CLI Help 5-2 CLI Manual Syntax 5-1 CLI Ping 5-2 CLI Show 5-3 CLI Show DiffServ 5-4 CLI Show Interfaces 5-4 CLI Show IP 5-5 CLI Show MAC [...]

Index 3 Inbound Errors 4-6 Inbound Non-unicast Packet rate 4-5 Inbound Non-unicast Packets 4-6 Inbound Octet Rate 4-5 Inbound Octets 4-6 Inbound Unicast Packet Rate 4-5 Inbound Unicast Packets 4-6 IP Configuration 3-8, 4-13 L Last Saved option 3-19, 4-29 M MAC 4-21 MAC > Address Aging 4-38 MAC Address Manager 3-25 MAC Address T able 3-6 MAC> [...]

4 Index SNMP> Host T able 4-41 SNMP> T rap Setting 4-42 SNMP> T rap Settings 3-30 Spanning T ree 3-23 Spanning T r ee > Port Setting 4-36 Spanning T ree >Bridge Settings 4-35 Spanning T ree Protocol 4-21 Spanning T ree> Bri dge Settings 3-23 State field 3-9 Static Addresses 3-26 Stat ic Multicast Administra tion 3-27 Stat ic Multi[...]