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Use the following command to change the account password:
set password
Use the following commands to save the configuration with the newly created password and set the switch to use it on bootup:
create
set
To display a list of help topics, enter:
help
To display help on a specific topic, enter:
help topic
Alternatively, type a question mark (?) at the end of a partially completed command to see a list of valid options.
See the
Using the GUI to configure a switch:
This section describes how to establish a connection to the switch through the GUI, so you can configure the switch before installing it in your LAN. For more information about the GUI, see the Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI) chapter of the
1.Select a PC to browse to the switch from
You can browse to the switch from any PC that is running a supported operating system with a supported browser installed. JavaScript must be enabled. If you are using a toolbar or
You need to know the PC’s subnet.
2.Connect the PC to the switch
Use an Ethernet cable to connect an Ethernet card on the PC to any one of the switch’s switch ports.
You can browse to the switch through any VLAN, as long as you give that interface an IP address (see below). The recommended LAN interface is vlan1, and these instructions assume you will use vlan1 as the LAN interface. The switch’s ports all belong to vlan1 by default.
3.Access the switch’s command line interface
Access the CLI from the PC, as described in the previous “Using the CLI to configure a switch” section.
4.Enable IP
enable ip
5.Assign the vlan1 interface an unused IP address in the same subnet as the PC add ip interface=vlan1 ip=ipaddress mask=mask
