Netgear GS728TPP – 28PT GE POE+ SMART SWITCH Installation Guide

Installation Guide

NETGEAR Smart Switch™ GS728TP, GS728TPP, or GS752TP

Rubber footpads for tabletop installation

AC power cord

19-inch rack-mount kit for rack installation

Installation guide

Smart Switch resource CD that includes the Smart Control Center Utility and 

hardware installation guide. (A link to the online software administration manual 
is on the resource CD.)

Install the Smart Control Center Utility and use it to configure the switch.

Insert the resource CD into your CD drive.

Run the Setup program to install the Smart Control Center Utility. 

The Installation Wizard guides you through the installation.

These instructions assume you are using DHCP in your network. If you are using 
static IP addressing in your network, configure the switch IP address before 
connecting the switch to your network. If there is no DHCP server, the switch IP 
address will default to 192.168.0.239. 

Set up the computer with a static IP address in the 192.168.0.x subnet, and 
connect the computer to the switch. Then, use the Smart Control Center Utility 
to configure the switch.

Connect each computer to an RJ-45 network port on the switch front panel.

Use Category 5 (Cat 5) unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable terminated with an 
RJ-45 connector to make these connections.

Connect the switch to your network.

Power on the switch. 

Verify that the computer with the Smart Control Center Utility is on the same 
subnet as the switch. 

Double-click the Smart Control Center Utility icon 

on your desktop or in 

the Windows Start menu to run the utility and view this screen.

Click Discover to find your switch in the network.