D-Link DES-3550 [33/260] Ip address assignment

DES-3550 Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switch

IP Address Assignment

Each Switch must be assigned its own IP Address, which is used for communication with an SNMP network manager or

other TCP/IP application (for example BOOTP, TFTP). The Switch's default IP address is 10.90.90.90. You can change

the default Switch IP address to meet the specification of your networking address scheme.

The Switch is also assigned a unique MAC address by the factory. This MAC address cannot be changed, and can be

found by entering the command "show switch" into the command line interface, as shown below.

Figure 4- 3. Show switch command

The Switch's MAC address can also be found from the Web management program on the Switch Information (Basic

Settings) window on the Configuration menu.

The IP address for the Switch must be set before it can be managed with the Web-based manager. The Switch IP address

can be automatically set using BOOTP or DHCP protocols, in which case the actual address assigned to the Switch must

be known.

The IP address may be set using the Command Line Interface (CLI) over the console serial port as follows:

Starting at the command line prompt, enter the commands config ipif System ipaddress

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy, where the x's represent the IP address to be assigned to the IP interface named System

and the y's represent the corresponding subnet mask.

Alternatively, you can enter config ipif System ipaddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/z. Where the x's represent the IP address to be

assigned to the IP interface named System and the z represents the corresponding number of subnets in CIDR notation.

The IP interface named System on the Switch can be assigned an IP address and subnet mask that can then be used to

connect a management station to the Switch's Telnet or Web-based management agent.