User Manual

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Contents
Chapter 1 Get Started
Available publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Model descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Switch management options and default management mode . . . . . . . . .15
Manage the switch by using the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Software requirements for the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Supported web browsers for the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Navigation tabs, configuration menus, and page menu. . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Configuration and status options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Buttons in the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
User-defined fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Context-sensitive help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
About on-network and off-network access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Access the switch on-network and connected to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . 20
Use a Windows-based computer to access the switch
on-network and connected to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Use the NETGEAR Insight mobile app to only discover the
IP address of the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to discover the IP
address of the switch when it is connected to the Internet . . . . . . . . . .23
Discover the switch in a network with a DHCP server using
the Smart Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Use other options to discover the switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Access the switch on-network and connected to the
Internet when you know the switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Access the switch off-network and not connected to the Internet . . . . . . . 28
Credentials for the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Register the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Register the switch with your NETGEAR account and
access the switch online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Register the switch with your NETGEAR account and get a
registration key for offline access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Access the switch offline with a registration key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Change the language of the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Change the management mode of the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About changing the management mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Change the management mode to NETGEAR Insight
Mobile App and Insight Cloud Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Change the management mode back to Directly Connect
to Web-browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Use the Device View of the device UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41