Contemporary Control Systems Compact Managed Switches Software Manual for Web Browser - Manual (Page 8)

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4 Advanced Operation
4.1 General Considerations
Configuration is accomplished while the switch is connected to a computer running a
web browser that accesses the switch’s onboard web server.
4.1.1 LEDs
To aid in troubleshooting, several LEDs have been provided.
Each
port LED glows solid if a link exists, flashes to show activity and shows data rate
by colour — green for 100 Mbps and yellow for 10 Mbps.
The
Power LED glows solid green to indicate the presence of adequate power.
The Status LED on the switch front panel acts as a heartbeat and blinks every 5 seconds
during normal operation. If a fault occurs, it blinks every second — except that EIDX
models maintain the 5-second heartbeat and the LED turns red to indicate a fault.
4.1.2 Accessing the Web Server
4.1.2.1 Web Browser
The switch contains an interactive web server, accessible from any Internet-compatible
PC on the local network. It is compatible with all recent Internet browsers. It is factory-
programmed with a default IP address of 192.168.92.68 and a Class C subnet mask of
255.255.255.0. Changing the switch IP address is strongly encouraged.
4.1.2.2 Initial Access
The hardware arrangement for initial setting of
the switch IP address by web browser appears
in Figure 1. Temporarily disconnect the PC
from the Ethernet LAN in case the default
address of the switch matches that of a device on
the existing network. NOTE: This procedure
for changing the IP address of the switch
creates a temporary LAN composed of nothing
but the switch, the PC used to configure it, and
a cable that connects the PC to any switch port.
Figure 1 — Setup for Initial IP Address
Configuration by Web Browser
For initial configuration, the PC chosen for the procedure should temporarily have its IP
address modified as shown in Figure 2 — which employs a Windows XP example.