Chapter 6 General Settings

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 5 System Settings

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Hostname

Enter up to 16 alphanumeric characters for the name of

 

your Switch. Hyphens (-) and underscores (_) are also

 

allowed.

 

 

DHCP Client

Select Enable to allow the Switch to automatically get

 

an IP address from a DHCP server. Click Renew to have

 

the Switch reget an IP address from the DHCP server.

 

Select Disable if you want to configure the Switch’s IP

 

address manually.

 

 

Static IP Address

Enter the IP address of your Switch in dotted decimal

 

notation. For example, 192.168.1.1.

 

 

Subnet Mask

Enter the IP subnet mask of your Switch in dotted

 

decimal notation for example 255.255.255.0.

 

 

Default Gateway

Enter the IP address of the default outgoing gateway in

 

dotted decimal notation, for example 192.168.1.5.

 

 

Management VLAN

Enter a VLAN ID used for Switch management purposes.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Switch.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

6.3 Jumbo Frame

Jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with a payload greater than 1500 bytes. Jumbo frames can enhance data transmission efficiency in a Gigabit network.

Use this screen to configure the jumbo frame size the Switch accepts. Click Basic Settings > General Settings > Jumbo Frame to display the screen as shown.

Figure 27 Basic Settings > General Settings > Jumbo Frame

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6 Basic Settings > General Settings > Jumbo Frame

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Frame Size

Select the maximum number of bytes (1522, 1536, 1552 or 9216) of a

 

jumbo frame. The bigger the frame size, the better the performance.

 

 

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