User Manual

Insight Managed 8-Port Gigabit (Hi-Power) PoE+ Smart Cloud Switch with NETGEAR FlexPoE Power
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User-defined fields
In the local browser UI, user-defined fields can contain 1 to 159 characters, unless otherwise
noted in the field label on the configuration page. All alphanumeric and special characters
can be used except for the following (unless specifically noted for that feature):
Table 1. Disallowed characters in user-defined fields
Character Definition Character Definition
\ Backslash < Less than
/ Forward slash > Greater than
* Asterisk | Pipe
? Question mark
Access the switch
You can access the switch either on-network or off-network:
• On-network and connected to the Internet. When you use the local browser UI, for
easiest access, we recommend that you cable the switch to a network that is connected
to the Internet and that includes a router or DHCP server that assigns IP addresses,
power on the switch, and then use a computer that is connected to the same network as
the switch to connect to the local browser UI. W
e refer to this setup as on-network.
For more information, see
Access the switch on-network and connected to the Internet
on page 15).
• Off-network and not connected to the Internet.
You can also configure the switch
connected directly only to the computer that you are using to configure it. That is, the
switch is not connected to the network and the Internet. We refer to this setup as
off-network.
Before you can access the full menu of the local browser UI, you must connect the switch
to a network with Internet access at least once so that you can register the switch with
NETGEAR and unlock the full menu.
For more information, see the following sections:
•
Register and access the switch with your NETGEAR account on page 29.
•
Access the switch off-network and not connected to the Internet on page 25.