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Set up a fixed IP address for the switch

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Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switches If the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool icon is in the Dock of your Mac or on the desktop of your Windows-based computer, click or double-click the icon to open the program. The initial page displays a menu and a button. 8. From the Choose a connection menu, select the network connection that allows the NSDT to access the switch. 9. Click the Start Searching button. The NSDT displays a list of switches that it discovers on the selected network. For each switch, the tool displays the IP address. 10. To access the device UI of the switch, click the ADMIN PAGE button. The login page of the device UI opens. 11. Enter the switch password. The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive. The HOME page displays. The right pane (or, depending on the size of your browser window, the middle pane) shows the IP address that is assigned to the switch. Tip: You can copy and paste the IP address into a new shortcut or bookmark it for quick access on your computer or mobile device. However, if you restart the switch, a dynamic IP address (assigned by a DHCP server) might change the IP address, and the bookmark might no longer link to the login page for the switch. When you restart the switch, you must repeat this procedure so that you can discover the new IP address of the switch in the network and update your bookmark accordingly. You can also set up a fixed (static) IP address for the switch (see Set up a fixed IP address for the switch on page 15 ) to make sure that the new bookmark always links to the login page for the switch, even after you restart the switch. Set up a fixed IP address for the switch By default, the switch receives an IP address from a DHCP server (or a router that functions as a DHCP server) in your network. However, the DHCP server might not always issue the same IP address to the switch. For easy access to the switch device UI, you can Install and Access the Switch in 15 Your Network User Manual

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If the
NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool
icon is in the Dock of your Mac or on the
desktop of your Windows-based computer, click or double-click the icon to open
the program.
The initial page displays a menu and a button.
8.
From the
Choose a connection
menu, select the network connection that allows
the NSDT to access the switch.
9.
Click the
Start Searching
button.
The NSDT displays a list of switches that it discovers on the selected network.
For each switch, the tool displays the IP address.
10. To access the device UI of the switch, click the
ADMIN PAGE
button.
The login page of the device UI opens.
11. Enter the switch password.
The default password is
password
. The password is case-sensitive.
The HOME page displays.
The right pane (or, depending on the size of your browser window, the middle pane)
shows the IP address that is assigned to the switch.
Tip:
You can copy and paste the IP address into a new shortcut or bookmark it for
quick access on your computer or mobile device. However, if you restart the switch,
a dynamic IP address (assigned by a DHCP server) might change the IP address, and
the bookmark might no longer link to the login page for the switch. When you restart
the switch, you must repeat this procedure so that you can discover the new IP
address of the switch in the network and update your bookmark accordingly. You
can also set up a fixed (static) IP address for the switch (see Set
up
a
fixed
IP
address
for
the
switch
on page 15 ) to make sure that the new bookmark always links to the
login page for the switch, even after you restart the switch.
Set up a fixed IP address for the switch
By default, the switch receives an IP address from a DHCP server (or a router that
functions as a DHCP server) in your network. However, the DHCP server might not always
issue the same IP address to the switch. For easy access to the switch device UI, you can
User Manual
15
Install and Access the Switch in
Your Network
Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switches