3com 3C17204 User Guide

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To enable style sheets in Netscape Navigator 4.76 on Solaris 2.6, open 
Netscape Navigator and select Edit > Preferences > Fonts. Select the Use 
document-specified fonts, including Dynamic Fonts radio button. You 
should also set the font sizes as follows:

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Variable Width Font - Size 10.0

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Fixed Width Font - Size 12.0

This ensures that the text spacing is correct. Finally in the Advanced 
category ensure that Enable Java Script and Enable style sheets are 
checked.

To manage a Switch using the web interface over an IP network:

1 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your 

management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the 
World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP protocol is installed.

2 Check you can communicate with the Switch by entering a ping 

command at the DOS prompt in the following format: 

(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)

If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been 
entered correctly and the Switch is powered up.

3 Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the Switch that you 

wish to manage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:

4 At the login and password prompts, enter 

 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).

5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options.

Any network management application running the Simple Network 
Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage a Switch if:

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The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the 
management workstation.

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