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    SM-10004 -02 SM-10004-02 June 2003 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great Amer ica Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95 054 USA Phone 1-888-NETGEAR 700 Series Managed Switch User ’ s Guide for Sof tware v2.1 ...

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    2 SM-10004 -02 NETGEAR, INC. www .NETGEAR.com T echnical Support Please register to obtain technical support . Please retain your proof of p urchase and warranty information. T o register your product, get produ ct support or obtain pro duct information and produ ct documentation, go to http://www .NETGEAR.com . If you do not have access to the W o ...

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    SM-10004 -02 3 Regulatory Compli ance Informa tion This device is restricted to indoor use due to redu ce the potential for harmfu l interference to co-channel Mobile Satellite and Radar Systems. Canadian Dep a rtment of Commu nications Compliance St atement This Class B Digital apparatus (7 00 Series Managed Switch) meet s all the requirements of ...

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    Contents iii SM-10004-02 Content s Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience ............. ............ ................. ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ..... ... 1-1 T ypographical Conventions ................ ................ ................ ............. ................ ............... 1-1 S pecial Messag ...

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    SM-10004-02 iv Contents Main Menu> Advanced> Advanc ed Security ......................... ................ ................ 3-14 Main Menu> Advanced> 802.1x Port-Based Authentication ..... ................ ............. 3-14 Main Menu> Advanced> Port Mirroring .......... ................ ................. ................ ...... 3 ...

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    Contents v SM-10004-02 S tatus > Switch S tatistics ... ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............ 4-5 S tatus > Port S tatistics .............. ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ........ 4-7 S tatus > Error S tatistics ............. ................ ...

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    SM-10004-02 vi Contents Advanced> S panning T ree > Port Settings ......... ............. ................ ............. ... 4-34 Advanced> MAC ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. 4-35 Advanced> MAC> Address Aging ... ......... ............. ................ ..... ...

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    Contents vii SM-10004-02 SNMP Server ..... ................. ............. ................ ............. ................ ................ ... 5-21 S panning T ree .......................... ................ ............. ................ ............. ............. 5-24 System ............ ............. ................ ............. ............ ...

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    SM-10004-02 viii Contents RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connectors ........ ................ ................ ................ ................ . B-6 Conclusion ......... ................ ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ............. . B-8 Appendix C 802.1x Port-B ased Auth e ntication Overview Understanding 802.1 ...

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    About This Guide 1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 1 About This Guide Thank you for pu rchasing the NETGEAR ™ 700 Series Managed 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 Ap ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 2 About This Guide SM-10004-02 Features of the HTML V ersion of this Manual The HTML version of this manu a l includes these features. Figure Preface -2: HTML ver sion of this manual 1. Left pane . Use the left pane to view the Conten ts, Index, Search, and Favorites tabs. T o view the HTM ...

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    Switch Management Overview 2-1 SM-10004-02 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 700 Series Managed Switch. T opics include: • Management Access Overview • SNMP Access • Protocols Management Access Overview Y our NETGEAR 700 Series M ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 2-2 Switc h Manageme nt Overvie w SM-10004-02 Ta b l e 2-1. Comp aring Switch Management Met hods For a more detailed discussion of the Administratio n Console, see chapter 3. For a more detailed discussion of the W eb Browser Interface, see chapter 4. Protocols Y our NETGEAR 700 Series Ma ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Switch Management Overview 2-3 SM-10004-02 Virtua l T erminal Protocols A virtual terminal protocol is a software prog ram, such as T elnet, that allows you to establish a management session from a Macintosh, a PC, or a UNIX worksta tion. Because T elnet runs over TCP/IP , you must have at ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 2-4 Switc h Manageme nt Overvie w SM-10004-02 This management method requires the SNMP agent on the switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same community st ring an d that the SNMP Network Manage ment Stat ion is entered in the SNMP Host table on the switch. This managem ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Switch Management Overview 2-5 SM-10004-02 ...

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    Software Upgrade Proced ure 3-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 3 Sof tware Upgrade Procedure As networking technology advances, NETGEAR w ill release new versions of the software that runs the switch. These software releases will provide new capab ilities that can extend the useful life of your switch. This manual is updated whenever there is a c hange in eit ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Software Upgrade Proced ure 3-2 SM-10004-02 5. Restart the system via the T ools>Reset command . Bootstrap will retrieve the new software image then pass control to it. The sy stem executes the new software image. The previous software image in non-volatile memory will not be replaced by ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 3-3 Software Upgrade Proced ure SM-10004-02 ...

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    Administration Consol e Telnet Interface 4-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 4 Administration Console T elnet Interface The administration console is an internal, characte r-oriented, VT -100/ANSI men u-driven user interface for performing management activities. Using this method, you can view the administration console from a terminal, PC, Apple Macintosh, or ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-2 Administration C onsole Te lnet Interf ace SM-10004-02 Examples o f terminal-emu lation programs include: • Hyper T erminal, which is included w ith Microsoft W indows operating systems • ZT erm for the Apple Macintosh • TIP for UNIX workstations This example describes how to set ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-3 SM-10004-02 4. When the following screen appe ars, make sure that the port setting are as follows: Baud Rate: 9600 Data Bits: 8 Parity: None Stop Bits: 1 Flow Control: None Figure 4-4: Connectio n Settings 5. Click OK. The Hyper T erminal windo ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-4 Administration C onsole Te lnet Interf ace SM-10004-02 There are several characteristics to the C MI pages th at are necessary to know before proceeding to use it. The T AB key or th e arrow keys may be u sed to move within menus and sub-screens. At the bottom of every screen are some ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-5 SM-10004-02 Main Menu> System This screen displays the main menu System Info rmation options. The us er definable options are: System Name, System Contact, System Location, IP Address, Default Gateway , and Subnet Mask. The System OID opti o ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-6 Administration C onsole Te lnet Interf ace SM-10004-02 Figure 4-7: Switch S tatistics Main Menu> S t atus >St atistics Rest The Statistic Reset menu allows the user to reset the statis tic counter to zero. When you choose this option, a prompt will appear asking you for a confirm ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-7 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-9: Addre ss Manager: MAC Address T able Main Menu> Set-Up There are three sub-menus at Set-Up menu, System Configuration, IP Configuration, and Port Configuration. Main Menu> Set-Up> System Configuration The System ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-8 Administration C onsole Te lnet Interf ace SM-10004-02 IP Assignment Mode . The user manually enters IP related information • Bootstrap Protocol, which allows the switch to discover its own IP address from a BootP server on the network • DHCP , which allows the switch to accept DHC ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-9 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-12: Port Configurat ion Admin field . Allows you to Enab le or Disable t he port. S tate field . The State field displays the Spanning T ree State of the port (Blocking, Listening, Learning, Forwarding, or Disabled). Y ou c ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-10 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Gigabit Ports . For the gigabit ports on each switch, the port type may be chosen. The default is that the port uses the RJ-45 interface (G T). Y ou can select the GBIC interface (GB) by switching the port type from ‘G T’ to ? ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-11 SM-10004-02 After making changes to any of the information on the screens in the console interface, users must save the changed settings to NVRAM. Save Configuration to NVRAM. Figure 4-14: Save Settings to NVRAM & Re store Factory V alues ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-12 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Figure 4-15: Security Note : Using telnet, you can only enab le/disable the web interface. Y ou cannot enable/disable the telnet interface. If you forget your password, contact NETGEAR technical support at 1-888-NETGEAR (in North ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-13 SM-10004-02 • Port T runking: a feature that allows multiple lin ks between switches to wo rk as one virtual link (aggregate link). T runks can be def ined for similar port ty pes only . For example, a 1 0/100 port cannot form a Port T runk ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-14 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Main Menu> Advanced > Advanced Security This menu option allows you to c onfigure the advanced security settings of the swi tch to limit the access to the management interfaces. Figure 4-16: Advanced Security There are two a ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-15 SM-10004-02 802.1x port-based authentication provides RADIUS client auth entication and data encryption features (see Appendix C, “802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview ”). If yo u have a RADIUS server on your ne twork, you can have au ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-16 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Figure 4-19: Port T runking T runks can be defined for similar port types on ly . For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port T runk with a gigabit port. For 10/10 0 ports, trunks can only be formed within the same bank. A bank ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-17 SM-10004-02 Note : Only the console menu will let you run th e virtual cable tester on any port. Other management interfaces require port access and therefor e cannot reliably test the cable continuity of the port they are using to access the ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-18 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 • Last Saved option . The system will boot from no n-volatile memory . This option will automatically show up after the ‘Net & sav e’ option is selected and the unit is reset. Main Menu> Advanced> Advanced T ools&g ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-19 SM-10004-02 There are two means to differentiate traf fic with this switch- VLAN tags or Differenti ated Service Code Points (DSCP) in the header of data packets. By using eith er the VLAN tags (port-based ) or DSCP (DiffServ), you can configu ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-20 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 There are 64 different tags available. This me nu maps the various DSCP tags to the two output queues on each port. Main Menu> Advanced> T raffic Management> Broadcast Control Broadcast control lets you set a threshold fo ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-21 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-28: VLAN Administ ration T o add a VLAN, enter a unique numeric VLAN ID and then enter a unique VLAN name. T o remove a port or an entire VLAN, just press Ctrl-X anywhere on the line of the VLAN. Main Menu> Advanced> ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-22 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Figure 4-30: P VID Settings This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port. The number next to ea ch port indicates which PVID is set for each port. Following industry standa rds, PVID 1 is the default PVID. Main Menu> ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-23 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-32: S panning T ree: Bridge Sett ings When Spannin g tree is used in conjunction with a set of aggregated ports, otherwise known as a port trunking, Spanning T ree will treat the trunk as a single virtual port. • Enable ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-24 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Ta b l e 4-1. STP Port Sett ing Parameters Figure 4-33: S p anning T ree: Port Settings Fastlink in STP mode . If a client is trying to access a server through the switch runni ng the STP negotiation, it will not be able to connec ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-25 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-34: MAC Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager> Address Agi ng The aging time is the amount of time that an entry is kept in the bri dge tables prior to being pur ged (or aged). The range (in pare ntheses) repre ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-26 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Main Menu> Advanced> Multimedia Support In networks where multimedia ap plications generate multicast tr af fic, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) can greatly reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage by limitin g traf fic f ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-27 SM-10004-02 Figure 4-37: St atic Multicast Administration The Static Multicast Administrati on menu lets you create indivi dual groups by entering MAC addresses for your static multicast group. The membership of each group is configured in the ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-28 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 Main Menu> Advanced> SNMP Figure 4-39: SNMP Management Y ou can manage this switch using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) from a network management station. T o do so, you must configure your switch to participa ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Administrat ion Consol e Telnet In terface 4-29 SM-10004-02 These community strings n eed to be set prior to setting host access, as the host table depends on the existence of community strings. The pub lic string has GET privileges by default. Main Menu> Advanced> SNMP> Host T abl ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4-30 Administrat ion Conso le Telnet In terface SM-10004-02 ...

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    Web-Based Manage ment Interface 5-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 5 W eb-Based Management Interface Y our NETGEAR 700 Series Managed Switch provid es a built-in browser interface t hat lets you configure and manage it remotely using a standard W eb browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later or Nets cape Navigator 6 .0 or later . This interface ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-2 W eb-Based Managem ent Interf ace SM-10004-02 W eb Based Management Overview The 6 menu options available are: System, Status, Set-up, T ools, Security , and A dvanced. There is a help menu in the top of right side of screen; yo u can click the ‘help’ or the question ma rk to read ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-3 SM-10004-02 System Information Figure 5-2: System information p age This welcome page displays system information, such as: • System Description •S y s t e m N a m e • System Contact • System Location • Current Local T ime (according to your com ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-4 W eb-Based Managem ent Interf ace SM-10004-02 These parameters are not editable from this screen. Some of these can be modified in the Set Up> System Configuration page or the Set Up> IP Configuration pa ge. S t atus Menus The Statu s page contains 5 menus. Figure 5-3: S tatus Me ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-5 SM-10004-02 S t atus > Switch St atistics The Switch S tatistics Chart allows you to compare one type of statistic across all the ports. Y ou can reset the counters in the Reset Statistics page. Figure 5-4: Switch S tatistics Y ou can configure the fol ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-6 W eb-Based Managem ent Interf ace SM-10004-02 • Outbound Non-unicast Packet Rate: T r ansmitted non-unicast packet per second. • Outbound Discard Rate: T ransmitted and is discarded pac ket per second. • Outbound Error Rate: T ransmi tted error packet per second. • Ethernet Und ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-7 SM-10004-02 S t atus > Port St atistics Figure 5-5: Port S t atistics The Port Statistics Chart shows all the statistic ty pes for one port over time. Y ou can reset the counters in the Reset Statistics page. • Port The port on which data will be mon ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-8 W eb-Based Managem ent Interf ace SM-10004-02 • Outbound Discards: T ransmitted and is being di scarded packet • Outbound Errors: T ransmitted and is an Error packet. • Ethernet Undersize Packets: Le ss than 64byte length packet • Ethernet Oversize Packets: more than 1518 byte ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-9 SM-10004-02 S t atus > Most Active Po rt s Figure 5-7: Error S tatistics This page allows you to view the transmission and reception utili zation of top 10 ports. It is especially useful when you want to see the potential bottlenecks in the switch. A b ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-10 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 S t atus > Reset St atistics Figure 5-8: S tatistic s Counter Reset The Reset Statistics screen lets you reset all statistics counters of the switch. By pressing on the Reset button, all counters will be set to 0. S t atus > Port Setti ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-11 SM-10004-02 • Link: A green triangle poin ting up indicat es a valid link, while a red triangle pointing down indicates no link. • On/Off: Indicates if the port is enab led or disabled by the Administrator . • Stat e: This refers to the Spanning T ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-12 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Set-up Menu There are four kinds of configuratio n in the Setup page: Figure 5-1 1: Setup menu System Configuration IP Configuration Port Configuration Gigabit Port Configuration (GBIC) Set-up> System Configuration Figure 5-12: System Co ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-13 SM-10004-02 This page will allow access to the system information parameters. T o do so: 1. Enter System Name, System Contact, or System Location. 2. Click Apply to change the System Configuration and save it in NVRAM. 3. Reset the system to implement th ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-14 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Click Apply to change the IP settings Save Configuration to NVRAM an d reset the system to implemen t the changes (T ools > Save Configuration). Set-up> Port Configuration Figure 5-14: Port Configurat ion This menu allows you ca n conf ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-15 SM-10004-02 • Flow Control: Indicates whether Flow Contro l support is set for automatic (Auto) or of f (Disabled) Set-up> GBIC This page allows the user to choose the port ty pe for the gigabit ports. The default is 1 000BASE-T (RJ-45). Figure 5-15 ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-16 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 T ools Menu The T ools page contains functio ns to maintain your switch. Figure 5-16: T ools Menu There is a firmware upgrade; the means to save current se ttings to non-volatile memory (NVRAM); as well as software reset mechanism. The page ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-17 SM-10004-02 After making any changes to the screens within the W eb Interface, you can save the changed settings to NVRAM. If changes are not saved to NVRAM, then they will be lost during the next switch reset or reboot. T ools> Restore Factory Defaul ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-18 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 T ools> Device Reset Figure 5-19: Device Reset In this screen the user can reset (power cycle) the switch. Reset the switch by selecting 'Reset' Security> Passwords Figure 5-20: Security Menu ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-19 SM-10004-02 The user name and password can be up to 20 characters and are case se nsitive. The password entered is encrypted on the screen and will display as a sequence of asterisks (*). The factory default password is p assword in lower case letters. O ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-20 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 • Port T runking • V irtual Cable T e ster • Advanced T ools • T raffic Management • VLANS • Spanning T ree •M A C • Multimedia Support The Advanced page allows p rofessional users to operate more complicated features of the ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-21 SM-10004-02 • T raffic Management (CoS): Class of Service (C oS), also referred to as Quality of Service (QoS), is a way of managing traf fic in a networ k, by treating different types of traf fic with different levels of service priority . Higher prio ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-22 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > Disable Advanced Alerting Figure 5-22: Advanced > Disable Advanc ed Alerting T o prevent accidental use, warnings appear when an advanced feature is selected. This scree n allows experienced users to bypass these warnings du ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-23 SM-10004-02 Figure 5-23: Advanced Security 802.1x port-based authentication provides RADIUS client auth entication and data encryption features (see Appendix C, “802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview ”). If yo u have a RADIUS server on your ne tw ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 74

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-24 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > Advanced Security Figure 5-24: Advanced Security This menu option allows you to c onfigure the advanced security settings of the swi tch to limit the access to the management interface. There are tw o advanced security op tions ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-25 SM-10004-02 Advanced > Port Mirroring Figure 5-25: Figure 4 -1 8 . Port Mirroring Port mirroring is a feature to help in th e debugging of a network . This web interface page allows the enabling or disabling of port mirroring an d the setting of sourc ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-26 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 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 simila r port types only . For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port T runk with a gigabit ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-27 SM-10004-02 Advanced> Advanced T ools Use the advanced tools me nu to upgrade the software for the swi tch through a variety of option s using the TFTP protocol and to cu stomize the configuration file of the switch. These are tasks that require advan ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-28 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 This option requires the same setup as the Net option, i.e. TFTP ser ver and a new image. However , it copies the image to non-volatile memory and then the system boots from non-volatile memory . Wa r n i n g : The previous image in non-vola ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-29 SM-10004-02 Advanced > T raffic Management T raffic management covers the meth ods to improve the perfor mance of your network by differentiating traf fic and limiting ex cess broadcast traffic. There are two means to differentiate traffic with this s ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-30 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced > T raffic Management > Broadcast Control Broadcast control lets you set a threshold for th e number of broadcast packets sent over a po rt. Figure 5-31: Broadcast Control menu Advanced> VLANS VLANs: A V irtual Local Area N ...

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    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-31 SM-10004-02 Advanced> VLAN> Primary VLAN Figure 5-32: Primary VLAN A ‘U’ or ‘T’ will be displayed for each port assi gned to the VLAN, where ‘U’ stands for untagged and ‘T’ for tagged. If a port is an untagged me mber of a VLAN, the ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 82

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-32 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Click Apply . Add a port to a VLAN Group Under the ‘Show VLAN’ drop down menu, select the VLAN you want to edit. Click the box below the port nu mber on the line of the VLAN so th at a ‘T’ (tagged) o r ‘U’ (untagged) appears. Cli ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 83

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-33 SM-10004-02 Advanced> Sp anning T ree This switch is compliant with IEEE802.1D Spanning T ree Protocol (STP). STP ensures that only one path at a time is active betw ee n any two network nodes . There maybe more than one physical path between any two ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 84

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-34 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Hello T ime T ime between configuration messa ges sent by the Spanning T ree algorithm Max Age Amount of time before a config uration message is discarde d by the system Forward Delay Amount of time sy stem spent transitioning fro m the ‘l ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 85

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-35 SM-10004-02 Ta b l e 5-1. STP Port Sett ing Parameters Fastlink in STP mode . If a client is trying to access a server through the switch runni ng the STP negotiation, it will not be able to connect to it immediately . This can be a problem for some netw ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 86

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-36 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 Advanced> MAC> Address Aging Figure 5-36: MAC > Address Aging Aging T ime is a variable that must be configured. Its purpose is to determine the amount of time an entry is held in the forwarding tables while no activ ity occurs from ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 87

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-37 SM-10004-02 Any system, whose MAC address and the port number are listed in this screen, will not be purged from the system’ s forwa rding table by the aging process. 1. Add a new entry 2. Enter the MAC address and port in the appropriate boxes 3. Clic ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 88

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-38 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 • Enable . The system will detect IGMP queries, repo rt packets, and manage IP multicast traf fic through the switch • Disable . The switch will forward traffic and disregard any IGMP request s . Advanced>Multimedia Support> S tati ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 89

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Web-Based M anagement Interface 5-39 SM-10004-02 • 4-Group RMON (RFC1757) Advanced> SNMP> Community T able Figure 5-40: Figure 4- 31. SNMP Mana gement: Communit y T able The administrator can create up to eight dif ferent community strings with combinations o f GET , SET and TRAP pr ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 90

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 5-40 Web-Based M anagement Interface SM-10004-02 The SNMP Host T able screen allows you to ad d and remove hosts from access rights tha t have been granted to community groups. The permis sions GET , SET and TRAP are assigned to a community name and then these permissions are assigned to i ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 91

    Command Line Interface 6-1 SM-10004-02 Chapter 6 Command Line Interface The 700 Series Managed Switch features a Comman d Line Interface (CLI) designed for expert users who are familiar with common CLIs in use in the market. The CLI follows a tiered structure, enabling different commands at dif f erent levels or sections of the CLI. Manual Synt ax ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 92

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-2 Command Line Interfac e SM-10004-02 Once you see the root pro mpt, you are in CLI mode. If you have a qu estion on what comman ds you can u se, type a question mark ‘?’ at the prompt. A list of available commands will be presented to you. There are five items in the root prompt. ? ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 93

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-3 SM-10004-02 <IP Address> = the IP address of the destination host Exit The exit command moves you up one level in the CLI structure. For example, when you are in configuration mode, and the prompt looks like FSM726(config)# . By entering exit at the prompt, ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 94

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-4 Command Line Interfac e SM-10004-02 FSM726# show diffser v An example of the partia l output is shown below . DSCP Priority ==== ======== 0 normal 1 normal 2 normal 3 normal 4 normal 5 normal 6 normal Interfaces The show interface comma nd displays such informat ion as port statistics, ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 95

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-5 SM-10004-02 0 Packet Discards, 0 Packet Errors IP The show IP s IP information Syntax FSM726# show ip An example of th e display output is shown below . IP Assignment Mode: Manual IP address: 169.254.22 4.1 Subnet mask: 255 .255.0.0 Mac-Address-T able The show mac ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 96

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-6 Command Line Interfac e SM-10004-02 Multicast-Static The show mac-address-table multicast-static command displays the static multicast addresses Syntax FSM726# show mac-addres s-t able multicast-st atic Sta t i c The show mac-address-table static command displays configured static addr ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 97

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-7 SM-10004-02 Running-Config The show running-config command displays the current runn ing configuration. It display s a great deal of information, incl uding system information, interface status of each port, VLAN configuration, DiffServ , and SNMP configuration am ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 98

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-8 Command Line Interfac e SM-10004-02 no shutdown speed 100 duplex full flow-ctrl negotiation auto switchport access vlan untagged 1 switchport access native 1 spanning-tree port-priority 128 spanning-tree cost 19 no spanning-tree fastlink exit --More-- SNMP The show snmp command display ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 99

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Interface 6-9 SM-10004-02 VLAN1 Spanning tree enabled prot ocol IEEE ROOT ID Priority 32768 Address 0009.5b36.b007 Hello T ime 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec Bridge ID Priority 32768 Address: 0009.5b36.b007 Hello T ime 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec Port D ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 100

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-10 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 System The show system command displays sy stem-related data. Syntax FSM726# show syste m An example of th e display output is shown below . System Uptime: 0 Days 1 hr . 42 min. 15 sec. System Description: FSM726 Manage d Switch System name: Switch # ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 101

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-11 SM-10004-02 T runk Id Ports -------- ---------------------------- 1 Fa1/9,Fa1/10 2 Fa1/1,Fa1/2 3 Fa1/17,Fa1/18 4 VLAN The show VLAN command displays VLAN configuration and status of the switch. Brief The show vlan brief command displays a quick summary of each V ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 102

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-12 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 <VLAN index #> = The VLAN ID. Adding the VLAN ID to the show vlan command displays the port that belongs to that pa rticular VLAN. For example, show vlan 1 displays the ports that belong to VLAN 1. An example of th e display output is sho wn be ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 103

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-13 SM-10004-02 FSM726(config)# dif fserv <DSCP> <priority> Where <DSCP> = The DSCP value, which ranges from 0-63 <Priority> = The priority associated with the defined DSCP value. The ava ilable options are normal and high For example, suppos ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 104

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-14 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 When the interface command is prop erly entered, you will be take n to the Interface Configuration Mode, where the prompt changes from FSM726(config)# to FSM726(config-if)#. When you are done configuring one pa rticular in terface and wish to configu ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 105

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-15 SM-10004-02 <duplex operation> = one of three modes. auto, full, or half. Exit This command takes you out of In terface Configuration Mode and back to Configuratio n Mode. Syntax FSM726(config- if)# exit Flow Control This command enables flow cont rol on t ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 106

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-16 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Use the no command to disable mirror . Negotiation This command lets you enable sp eed and duplex auto-n egotiation. Syntax FSM726(config- if)# negotiation aut o No The No command negates one of you r previously given commands. Syntax FSM726(config- ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 107

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-17 SM-10004-02 Where <interface type> = Options for th is field include gbic and tp . Shutdown The shutdown command let you shutdown this partic ular interface. Y ou can reverse this command by using th e no shutdown command. Syntax FSM726(config- if)# Shut d ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 108

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-18 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Switchport The switchport command lets you configure VLAN access mode of this p articular port. •V L A N syntax FSM726(config- if)# switchport ac cess vlan [t agged <VLAN Membership> | unt agged <VLAN membership>] Where: tagged <VLAN ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 109

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-19 SM-10004-02 Tru nking Port T runking is a feature that allows multiple links between switc hes to work as one virtual link or aggregate link. Trunks can be defined for simila r port types only . For ex ample, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port T runk with a gigabi ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 110

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-20 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Sta t i c The Static Addresses T able, allows the administrator to specify Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for specific ports that will not be pur ged from the bridge table by the aging function. Syntax FSM726(config) # mac-address-t able st ati ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 111

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-21 SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config) # mac-address-t able disable Multimedia In networks where multimedia ap plications generate multicast tr af fic, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) can greatly reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage by limitin g traf fic forwa ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 112

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-22 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Community Y ou can create up to eight different community st rings with combinations of privileges. These community strings need to be set prior to setting host acc ess, as the host table depends on the existence of community strings Syntax. FSM726(c ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 113

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-23 SM-10004-02 Name Use the name command to give a name to the switch. This is done to make the switch easier to identify . Syntax FSM726(config) # snmp-server na me <switch name> Where <switch name> = the name you wish to give to the swi tch Host The h ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 114

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-24 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Sp anning T ree Spanning T ree Protocol (STP) ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There are maybe more than tw o physical path between any two n odes for redundant paths; STP ensu res only one physic al path ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 115

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-25 SM-10004-02 Priority Use the priority command to set the STP priority Syntax FSM726(config)# sp anning-tree priority <priority > Where <priority> = is the STP priority . This number rang es from 0 – 65535. System The system command configures impor ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 116

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-26 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 FSM726(config)# sy stem config-t ftp ip <IP addres s> Where <IP address> = the IP address of the TFTP server . Config-tftp Path/File The config-tftp path/file command lets you co nfigure the path and the filename of the configuration file ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 117

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-27 SM-10004-02 IP-filter address The IP-filter address allows you to enter and remove IP address from the approved list. Use the No command to remove an IP address. Syntax FSM726(config) # system ip-filt er address <IP-addr ess> Where <IP address> = an ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 118

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-28 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config) # system gateway <defau lt gateway> Where <default gateway> = the IP address of the default ga teway Save The save command is used to save th e configuration to the ’ s NVRAM once you have made changes to it. Synta ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 119

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-29 SM-10004-02 Username Use the username command to create a new user for the switch. Syntax FSM726(config) # system userna me <username> Where <username> = the user name you wish to set up for accessing the switch. Please note that this field is case s ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 120

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-30 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 Wa r n i n g : The previous image in non-volatile me mory will be lost when the procedure completes. • Last Saved option The system will boot fro m non-volatile memory . This option will automatically show up after the ‘Net & save’ option i ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 121

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Command Line Inte rface 6-31 SM-10004-02 Syntax FSM726(config) # system radius authen- mode [local | local- then-remote | remote ] Where Local = authentication is perform ed locally an d not throug h an external RA DIUS server Local-then-remote = Authentication is perform ed locally first, ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 122

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6-32 Command Line Interface SM-10004-02 St at-Reset Use the Stat-Reset command to reset all of the st atistics counters in the switch. Syntax FSM726(config) # system st at-reset ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 123

    Virtual Local Area Network A-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix A V irtual Local Area Network 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 need fo r a router . Routers connect L ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 124

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 A-2 Virtual Loca l Area Networ k SM-10004-02 VLAN Behavior in a 700 Series Managed Switch Packets received by the switch w ill be treated in the followi ng way: When an unt agged pack et enters a port, it will be automatically tagged wit h the port’ s default VLAN ID tag number . Each po ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 125

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Virtual Local Area Network A-3 SM-10004-02 T o allow untagged packets to part icipate in the ‘First’ VLAN, make sure to change the Port VLAN IDs for the relevant ports. Access the PVID Settings page then use the space bar to add an ‘X’ indicating which Port VLAN ID is assigned to wh ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 126

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 A-4 Virtual Loca l Area Networ k SM-10004-02 ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 127

    Cabling Guidelines B-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix B Cabling Guidelines This appendix provides specifications for cab les used with a NETGEAR 700 Series Managed 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 t ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 128

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-2 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 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 ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 129

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-3 SM-10004-02 T able-B-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 ssover function is usually implemented inte rnally ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 130

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-4 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 Figure B-2 illustrates crossover twisted pair cable. Figure B-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 ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 131

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-5 SM-10004-02 Note : Flat “silver satin” tele phone cable may have the same RJ-45 pl ug. However , using teleph one cable results in excessive collisio ns, causing the attached port to be partitioned or disconnected from the network. Using 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethern ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 132

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-6 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 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: Th ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 133

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Cabling Guidelines B-7 SM-10004-02 Figure B-4 shows the RJ-45 plug and RJ-45 connector . Figure B-4: RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Co nnector with Built-in LEDs Ta b l e B-2 lists the pin assignments for the 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 plug and the RJ-45 conn ector . Ta b l e - B - 2 . 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Plug ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 134

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 B-8 Cabling Guidelines SM-10004-02 T able-B-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 ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 135

    802.1x Port-Based Auth entication Overview C-1 SM-10004-02 Appendix C 802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview This appendix provides an ov erview of802. 1x security and configu ration. Underst anding 802.1x Port Based Network Access Control 802.1x is well on its way to becoming an indu stry standard, and provides an effective wired and wireless L ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 136

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 C-2 802.1 x Port-Base d Au thentication Overview SM-10004-02 1. The client sends an EAP-star t message. This begins a series of mes sage exchanges to authenticate the client. 2. The access point replies with an EAP-request identity message. 3. The client sends an EAP-response packet contai ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 137

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 802.1x Port-Based Auth entication Overview C-3 SM-10004-02 Initial 802.1x communications begin wi th an unauthenti cated supplicant (i.e ., client device) attempting to connect with an au thenticator (i.e., 802.1 1 access point). The access point responds by enabling a port for passing only ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 138

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 C-4 802.1 x Port-Base d Au thentication Overview SM-10004-02 ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 139

    SM-10004-02 Glossary 1 Glossary Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. 10BASE-T The IEEE specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over Category 3, 4, or 5 twisted-pair cable. 100BASE-FX The IEEE specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over fiber-optic cable. 100BASE-TX The IEEE specification for 100 Mbps Fast Eth ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 140

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 2 Glossary SM-10004-02 also Reverse ARP (RARP) which can be used by a host to discover its IP address. In this case, the host broadcasts its physical address and a RARP server replies with the host's IP address. Auto-negotiation A feature that allows twisted-pair ports to advertis e t ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 141

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Glossary 3 SM-10004-02 Capacity planning Determining whether current solutio ns can satisfy futu re d emands. Capacity plan ning includes evaluating potential workload and infrastructure changes. Certificate Authority A Certificate Authority is a trusted third-party organization or company ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 142

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 4 Glossary SM-10004-02 Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or gro up of addresses on the Internet. Dom ain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a nu mber of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For example, in the address mail.NETGE ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 143

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Glossary 5 SM-10004-02 Filtering The process of screening a packet for certain characteristics, such as sour ce address, destina tion address, or protocol. Filtering is used to determine whether traffic is to be forwarded, and can also prevent unauthorized access to a network or network dev ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 144

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 6 Glossary SM-10004-02 Ranges of addresses are assigned by Internic, an organization formed for this purpose. IP multicast Sending data to distributed servers on a multicast back bone. For large amounts of data, IP Multicast is more efficient than normal Internet tran smissions, because th ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 145

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Glossary 7 SM-10004-02 MD5 MD5 creates digital signatures using a one-way hash function , meaning th at it takes a message and converts it into a fixed string of digit s, also called a message digest. When using a one-way hash functio n, one can compare a calculated me ssage digest against ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 146

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 8 Glossary SM-10004-02 Port monitoring The ability to monitor the traffic passing through a po rt on a device to analyze network characteristics and perform troubleshooting. Port speed The speed that a port on a device uses to comm unicate with another device or the network . Port trunking ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 147

    700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1 Glossary 9 SM-10004-02 Sp anning T ree Protocol (STP) A protocol that finds the most effi cient path between segments of a multi-looped, bridged network. STP allows redundant switches and bridges to be used fo r network resilience, withou t the broadcast storms associated with looping. If a ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 148

    700 Series Managed Switch Use r’s Guide for Software v2.1 10 Glossary SM-10004-02 WA N A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks . The Internet is a large W AN. wide area network W AN. A long distance link used to extend or connect re motely located local area ne tworks. The Internet is a large W AN. Wind ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 149

    Index 1 Numerics 802.1x Port-Based Authenticat ion 3-14, 4-22 A Address Aging 3-25 Admin field 3-9 Advanced Security 3-14, 4-20, 4- 24 Advanced T ools 4-20 Advanced> Spanning T r ee 4-33 Advanced Options 4-19 Advantages of VLANs A-1 Auto MDI/MDI-X D-2 Auto Uplink D-2 B Bridge Priority 3-23 Broadcast Control 3-20, 4-21 C Cat5 cable D-2 Class of S ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 150

    2 Index CLI Configure System Restore 5-28 CLI Configure System Save 5-28 CLI Configure System S tat-Reset 5-32 CLI Configure System Username 5-29 CLI Configure System W eb 5-28 CLI Configure T rap 5-23 CLI Exit 5-3 CLI Help 5-2 CLI Manual Syntax 5-1 CLI Ping 5-2 CLI Show 5-3 CLI Show DiffServ 5-3 CLI Show Interfaces 5-4 CLI Show IP 5-5 CLI Show MAC ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 151

    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 3-7, 4-13 L Last Saved option 3-18, 4-28 M MAC 4-21 MAC > Address Aging 4-36 MAC Address Manager 3-24 MAC Address T able 3-6 MAC> ...

  • NETGEAR 700 Series - page 152

    4 Index SNMP> Host T able 4-39 SNMP> T rap Setting 4-40 SNMP> T rap Settings 3-29 Spanning T ree 3-22 Spanning T ree > Port Setting 4-34 Spanning T ree >Bridge Settings 4-33 Spanning T ree Protocol 4-21 Spanning T ree> Bridge Settings 3-22 Stat e field 3-9 Static Addresses 3-25 Stat ic Multicast Admi nistration 3-26 Stat ic Multic ...

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