Operation Manual

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IP Address Mode: Select the mode to obtain IP Address for the switch.
 Static IP:
When this option is selected, you should enter IP
Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway manually.
 DHCP:
When this option is selected, the switch will obtain
network parameters from the DHCP Server.
 BOOTP:
When this option is selected, the switch will obtain
network parameters from the BOOTP Server.
Management VLAN:
Enter the ID of management VLAN, the only VLAN through which
you can get access to the switch. By default VLAN1 owning all the
ports is t
he Management VLAN and you can access the switch via
any port on the switch. However, if another VLAN is created and
set to be the Management VLAN, you may have to reconnect the
management station to a port that is a member of the
Management VLAN.
IP Address:
Enter the system IP of the switch. The default system IP is
192.168.0.1 and you can change it appropriate to your needs.
Subnet Mask:
Enter the subnet mask of the switch.
Default Gateway:
Enter the default gateway of the switch.
Note:
1. Changing the IP address to a different IP segment will interrupt the network
communication, so please keep the new IP address in the same IP segment with the local
network.
2. The switch only possesses an IP address. The IP address configured will replace the
original IP address.
3. If the switch gets the IP address from DHCP server, you can see the configuration of the
switch in the DHCP server; if DHCP option is selected but no DHCP server exists in the
network, the switch will keep obtaining IP address from DHCP server until success.
4. If DHCP or BOOTP option is selected, the switch will get network parameters dynamically
from the Internet, which means that its IP address, subnet mask and default gateway
cannot be configured.
5. By default, the IP address is 192.168.0.1.
4.1.6 System IPv6
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), also called IPng (IP next generation), was developed by the
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) as the successor to IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4).
Compared with IPv4, IPv6 increases the IP address size from 32 bits to 128 bits; this solves the
IPv4 address exhaustion problem.
 IPv6 features
IPv6 has the following features:
1. Adequate address space: The source and destination IPv6 addresses are both 128 bits
(16 bytes) long. IPv6 can provide 3.4 x 10
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addresses to completely meet the requirements
of hierarchical address division as well as allocation of public and private addresses.