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Chapter 1 Switch Management Overview Switch Management Interface This section gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR GS748T Smart Switch. Your NETGEAR GS748T Smart Switch contains an embedded web server and management software for managing and monitoring switch functions. This switch will function as a simple switch without using the management software but its use enables you to configure more advanced features and consequently improve switch efficiency and the overall performance of your network. Web-Based Management enables you to monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using a common web browser, instead of having to use expensive and complicated SNMP software products. Simply by using your web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch, and optimize its configuration for your network. Using your browser, for example, you can set up VLANs, traffic priority, and configure port trunking. In addition, NETGEAR provides the Smartwizard Discovery Utility program with this product. This program runs under Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 and provides a "front end" which discovers the switches on your network segment. When you power up your switch for the first time, Smartwizard Discovery enables you to configure its basic network parameters without prior knowledge of IP address or subnet mask. Following such configuration, this program leads you into the Web Management interface. Table 1-1 shows some features of Smartwizard Discovery and Web Management. 1-1 v1.0, October 2007