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4 CONSOLE INTERFACE

4.1 CONNECT TO PC

RS-232 serial cable

Prepare a RS-232 serial cable. Attach the 9-pin female connector to the male connector on
the switch. Plug the other side of this cable to your PC.

Hyper Terminal

In Windows 95/98/2000/XP,launch “HyperTerminal”, create a new connection, and adjust
settings as below:

4.2 Main Menu

The main menu displays all the sub-menus that are available. Striking Enter, at a highlighted
option, will confirm the choice of the specified sub-menu. As shown in Figure 4-2, there are
thirteen menu items to choose from:

Device Settings

Port settings

Address Table

Spanning Tree Protocol

Broadcast Storm Filter

IGMP

VLAN Mode (2 modes)

VLAN for CPU (2 VLANs)

Secure IP for Telnet and HTTP

Save Current Settings

Factory Default Settings & Reboot System

Reboot System

Quit