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
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Netscape 7.1
Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0
Mozilla 1.0
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