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EtherFast ® II Series 10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Use this guide to install: Linksys EtherFast ® II 10/100 Managed 24-P ort GigaSwitch (EG24M) User Guide.
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Linksys EtherFast ® II Series T able of Contents Introduction 1 Package Contents 2 Getting to Know the GigaSwitch 3 LEDs 3 The RJ-45 P orts 4 The Gigabit Expansion P orts 4 The Console P ort 4 Instal.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Introduction Maximize your netw ork potential with the ultimate high-speed manageab le switch. The EtherF ast II 10/100 Managed 24-P ort GigaSwitch from Linksys deliv ers a combination of Ethernet, F ast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ether net solu- tions, all in one sur prisingly af fordable package.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 3 Getting to Know the GigaSwitch MAIN Power The LED will illuminate w hen the switch is po w ered on. Management The LED will illuminate when management functions are being performed.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Installing the GigaSwitch Fast Ethernet Considerations If you will be using the GigaSwitch for F ast Ether net (100Mbps) applications, you must observe the follo wing guidelines: • The maximum UTP cab ling length using Category 3 cable is 328 feet (100 meters).
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch T o po w er on the GigaSwitch, simply connect the AC po w er cord to the back of the GigaSwitch, then plug the po w er cord into an electrical outlet.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Remote Console Management Y ou can manage the GigaSwitch remotely b y ha ving a remote host establish a T elnet connection to the s witch via an Ether net or modem link.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch After you lo g on to the GigaSwitch, the Switc h Management screen will appear . The Switch Mana gement scr een consists of a series of menu bo xes.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 2. Enter a system name (16 characters max.). If you mak e a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error . 3. Press Enter to return to the Gener al screen. Changing the Location 1. From the Gener al screen, mov e the cursor to Location and press the Enter key .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Changing the Guest P assw ord 1. Use the Down Arr ow ke y to highlight guest P asswor d and press the Enter key . The Enter New P asswor d screen will appear . 2. Enter a ne w guest passw ord. If you mak e a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 2. Highlight one of the follo wing choices: Disab led (pre vents remote T elnet logins to the GigaSwitch) Enab led (allo ws remote T elnet logins to the GigaSwitch. This is the default setting) 3. Press Enter to return to the Gener al screen.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 2. Highlight the line Speed Option y ou want to select for the port. Auto allo ws the GigaSwitch to automatically determine the line speed and duplex mode. All the other selections force the GigaSwitch to use a specif ic line speed and duplex mode.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Returning to the Basic Manag ement Screen After completing the general management activities, press the Esc key to e xit the Gener al screen and return to the Basic Management screen. Y ou can then select another option from the Basic Manag ement screen or press Esc to return to the Switch Manag ement screen.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Enab ling or Disabling Modem Contr ol Options 1. From the Console P ort Configur ations screen, highlight Modem Contr ol and press the Enter ke y . A screen similar to the follo wing will sho w whether a console modem connection is enab led or disabled.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 2. Enter the SLIP address. The address consists of numbers separated b y peri- ods (e.g., 192.168.1.105). 3. After y ou enter the SLIP address, press the Enter key . Y ou will return to the Console P ort Conf igur ations screen and y our entr y will appear in the SLIP Addr ess f ield.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch • P ort T runking allows y ou to assign a range of ports to tr unking g roups. • P ort Mirr oring lets y ou mir ror one por t to another .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Cr eating a New VLAN 1. From the VLAN P erspective screen in, hold do wn the Shift key and press the “ + ” k ey . The New VLAN Settings screen will appear . 2. W ith the VLAN ID f ield highlighted , press the Enter ke y .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch If you highlight T agged P orts , the screen windo w reads Select T a gged P orts , as in the follo wing screen. 3. In the Select Untag ged P orts or Select T a gged P orts screen, use the Up Arr o w and Do wn Arro w keys to highlight an indi vidual por t.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch V iewing VLAN Activities The follo wing procedure describes ho w to use the VLAN P erspective screen to view acti vities for a particular VLAN. Using this procedure, y ou can vie w: • Activ e por ts. • Acti ve MA C addresses associated with a VLAN .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Scr olling Through Domains When the VLAN Domain screen is acti ve, y ou can use the Up Arro w and Do wn Arro w keys to scroll through the list of domains associated with the selected VLAN.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch T o select tagged por ts: • Highlight T a gged P orts and press Enter . The Select T ag ged P orts screen will appear , along with a list of the tagged ports. • T o select an indi vidual por t, highlight it and press Enter .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 4. Use the Up Arr o w and Do wn Arro w k eys to scroll through the VLAN/IP Multicast Gr oup Membership screen. 5. When you f inish, press Esc until you return to the desired screen.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Scr olling Through MA C Addr esses Use the follo wing procedure to scroll through the list of activ e MA C address- es cor responding to the selected port: 1. If the MA C Addr esses screen is not the cur rent screen, press the Ta b key until it appears.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 5. After re viewing this information, press the Esc ke y until you return to the desired screen. IP Networking If you select IP Networ king from the Advanced Mana gement screen, the IP Networ king screen will appear .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch ARP T ABLE SETTINGS If you select ARP T ab le from the L3 IP Networking screen, an ARP T ab le screen similar to the follo wing will appear with the ARP tab le entries that ha ve already been def ined or lear ned. From this screen, y ou are able to: • Add static entries to the ARP table.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Deleting Static ARP T able Entries If you no longer need a static entry in the ARP tab le, use the follo wing procedure to delete it. Since there is no precautionary message that appears before you delete a static ARP table entry , be sure you w ant to delete the entry before you begin.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Pr otocol Indicates one of the follo wing: Local A manually conf igured routing entr y . NetMgmt A routing entry set via SNMP . ICMP A routing entry obtained via ICMP redirect. RIP A routing entry lear ned via the RIP protocol.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Sear ching for Routing T able Entries Use the follo wing procedure to search for entries in the Routing T able: 1. From the Routing T ab le screen, press the “ S ” ke y . The Enter Networ k Addr ess screen will appear .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 4. W ith the highlight on DHCP Gateway , press Enter . The following screen will appear . 5. Highlight Enab led and press Enter to enable the DHCP gate w a y . 6. Press the Do wn Arro w key and press Enter to conf igure the maximum number of hops.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch PING SETTINGS If you select Ping from the IP Networ king screen, a Ping screen similar to the follo wing will appear , with the Host f ield highlighted. Use the follo wing procedure to change the ping settings: 1. Press Enter .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch BRIDGING If you select Bridging from the Advanced Management screen, the follo wing Bridging P ar ameters screen will appear . 1. T o change the aging time, highlight Aging T ime <seconds> and press Enter . The follo wing prompt will ask y ou to enter a bridge aging period , in seconds.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch From either of these screens, y ou are able to: • Hold do wn the Shift key and press the “ + ” key to add a specif ic MAC address to be f iltered. • Press the “ - ” (h yphen) key to delete a specif ic MAC address from being f il- tered.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 2. Select either Disab led or Ena bled and press Enter . Y our selection will appears next to Spanning T r ee Protocol . 3. Use the Do wn Arro w key to mo ve to Bridg e Priority and press Enter . The Enter Bridge Priority screen will appear .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch Spanning T r ee P ath Costs Highlight Spanning T ree P ath Costs in the Spanning T r ee Protocol screen and press the Enter key . A Spanning T r ee P ath Costs screen similar to the follow- ing will appear . Use the follo wing procedure to change the costs in the Spanning T r ee P ath Costs screen: 1.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch SNMP FUNCTIONS If you select SNMP from the Advanced Management screen, the follo wing SNMP Conf igur ations screen will appear , with the SNMP v alue highlighted. The SNMP Conf igur ations screen lets y ou view all SNMP-related informa- tion.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 11. T ype an IP address for trap host 1. The address consists of numbers separated by periods (e.g., 129.32.0.11). 12. Press Enter . The IP address y ou typed will appear next to T r ap Host 1 IP Addr ess . 13. T o specify up to tw o additional trap community names, repeat steps 10 through 12.
2. T o change the IGMP setting, highlight IGMP and press Enter . When the follo wing screen appears, highlight the desired setting and press Enter . 3. When you f inish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. POR T TR UNKING Using P ort T runking from the Advanced Management screen, you can associ- ate ports with tr unk g roups.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 6. T o associate additional ports with tr unk g roups, repeat steps 2 through 5. 7. When you f inish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. POR T MIRR ORING Using P ort Mir roring from the Advanced Management screen, y ou can mir ror any one port to P ort 13.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch UPGRADING FIRMW ARE Select F ile T ransf er from the Advanced Management screen. The follo wing F ile T ransf er screen will appear, with the F ile Name value highlighted. Use the follo wing procedure to change a value: 1.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch SNMP and RMON Management This section describes the GigaSwitch’ s Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON) capabilities. RMON is an abbreviation for the Remote Monitoring MIB (Management Information Base).
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch BRIDGE GR OUPS SUPPOR TED The GigaSwitch supports the following four groups of Bridge MIB (RFC1493): • The dot1dBase Gr oup a mandatory g roup that contains the objects appli- cable to all types of bridges.
Linksys EtherFast ® II Series Appendix As the demand for desktop video, multimedia dev elopment, imaging, and other speed-intensi ve applications continues to rise, the need for high per- formance, f ault tolerant LAN technology will become more critical.
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 81 Linksys EtherFast ® II Series 80 There are dif ferent g rades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. Cate gory 5 is the most reliable and is highl y recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub .
10/100 Managed 24-Port GigaSwitch 83 Linksys EtherFast ® II Series 82 Model No. EG24M Standards IEEE: 802.1d , 802.1p, 802.1q, 802.3, 802.3ab, 802.3ad , 802.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Linksys EG24M è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Linksys EG24M - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Linksys EG24M imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Linksys EG24M ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Linksys EG24M, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Linksys EG24M.
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