3Com 3C17300 manual Setting Up Web, described in “Setting Up Overview” on page, Choosing a Browser

48CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT

4To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the Switch that you wish to manage in the following format:

>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)

If opening a Telnet session via third party software you will need to enter the IP address in the format suitable for that software.

5At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have already modified the default passwords).

If the login prompt does not display immediately, press Return a few times until it starts.

6If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line interface for the Switch you wish to manage is displayed as shown in Figure 12 on page 41.

Setting Up Web	This section describes how you can set up web interface management
Interface	over the network.
Management
Pre-requisites	■ Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as
	described in “Setting Up Overview” on page 32.
	■ Ensure that the Switch is connected to the network using a Category
	5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
	■ A suitable Web browser.
	Choosing a Browser
	To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web
	browser and platform combinations:
	Table 8 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms
Windows 95 Windows 98		Windows NT	Windows	Windows XP	Solaris
		4	2000		2.6

Netscape 4.76

Netscape 6.2

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0

✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
✕	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕