Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 51)

AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Operations 51
How Do You
Assign an IP
Address?
After you have decided which, if any, switches on your network need an IP
address, you must access the AT-S62 software on the switches and
assign the addresses. There are two ways in which a switch can obtain an
IP address.
The first method is for you to assign the IP configuration information
manually. The procedure for this is explained in “Configuring an IP
Address and Switch Name” on page 52. Initially assigning an IP address to
a switch can only be done through a local management session.
The second method is for you to activate the BOOTP or DHCP client
software on the switch and have the switch automatically download its IP
configuration information from a BOOTP or DHCP server on your network.
This procedure is explained in “Activating the BOOTP or DHCP Client
Software” on page 55.