3com 4228G User Manual

Page of 84
48
C
HAPTER
 3: S
ETTING
 U
P
 
FOR
 M
ANAGEMENT
To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the 
Switch that you wish to manage in the following format:
>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)
If opening a Telnet session via third party software you will need to enter 
the IP address in the format suitable for that software.
At the login and password prompts, enter 
admin
 as your user name and 
press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if 
you have already modified the default passwords).
If the login prompt does not display immediately, press Return a few 
times until it starts. 
If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line 
interface for the Switch you wish to manage is displayed as shown in 
 on 
Setting Up Web 
Interface 
Management 
This section describes how you can set up web interface management 
over the network.
Pre-requisites
Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as 
described in 
 on 
.
Ensure that the Switch is connected to the network using a Category 
5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
A suitable Web browser.
Choosing a Browser
To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web 
browser and platform combinations:
Table 8   Supported Web Browsers and Platforms
Windows 
2000
Windows XP
Windows 
Server 2003
Red Hat 
Linux 9
Solaris
2.6
Netscape 7.1
Internet Explorer 5.5 
and 6.0
Mozilla 1.0
DUA1730-0AAA04.book  Page 48  Thursday, November 17, 2005  2:59 PM