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You can browse to the switch through any VLAN, as long as you give that VLAN an IP address (see below). These instructions assume you will use vlan1. The switch ports all belong to vlan1 by default.

3.Access the switch’s command line interface

Access the CLI from the PC, as described in “Connecting a Terminal or PC” on page 12.

4.Enable IP

ENABLE IP

5.Assign the vlan1 interface an IP address

ADD IP INTERFACE=vlan1 IP=ipaddress MASK=mask

If you use DHCP to assign IP addresses to devices on your LAN, and you want to manage the switch within this DHCP regime, it is recommended that you set your DHCP server to always assign the same IP address to the switch. This will enable you to access the GUI by browsing to that IP address, and will also let you use the switch as a gateway device for your LAN. If you need the switch's MAC address for this, you can display it using the command SHOW SWITCH. To set the interface to obtain its IP address by DHCP, use the commands:

ADD IP INTERFACE=VLAN1 IPADDRESS=DHCP and

ENABLE IP REMOTEASSIGN.

6.If the PC you want to browse from is in a different subnet from the switch, give the switch a route to the PC

ADD IP ROUTE=PC-subnetINTERFACE=vlan1

NEXTHOP=gateway-ipaddress

where:

PC-subnetis the IP subnet address of the PC. For example, if the PC has an IP address of 192.168.6.1 and a mask of 255.255.255.0, its subnet address is 192.168.6.0.

gateway-ipaddressis the IP address of the gateway device that connects the PC’s subnet with the switch’s subnet (Figure 5 on page 26).

7.If you want to be able to browse to the GUI securely, configure SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

See “Secure Access” on page 29 for more information.

8.Save the configuration and set the switch to use it on bootup

CREATE CONFIG=filename.cfg SET CONFIG=filename.cfg

9.On the PC, bypass the HTTP proxy server, if necessary

See “HTTP Proxy Servers” on page 23 for more information.

10.Point your web browser at the LAN interface’s IP address

For normal access, point your web browser to http://ip-address

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Allied Telesis at-8700xl series switch manual Enable IP Remoteassign

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