Allied Telesis AT-8700XL Series Switch - Manual (Page 9)

Quick Install Guide 9
C613-04042-01 REV D
2. Connect the PC to the router
Use an Ethernet cable to connect an Ethernet card on the PC to any one of
the switch ports.
You can browse to the router through any VLAN, as long as you give that VLAN an IP
address (see below). These instructions assume you will use vlan1. The switch ports all
belong to vlan1 by default.
3. Access the router ’s command line interface
Access the CLI from the PC, as described in the previous “Using the CLI to
configure a router” section.
4. Enable IP
enable ip
5. Assign the vlan1 interface an IP address in the same subnet as the PC
add ip interface=vlan1 ip=ipaddress mask=mask
6. Save the configuration and set the router to use it on bootup
create config=your-name.cfg
set config=your-name.cfg
7. On the PC’s web browser, bypass the HTTP proxy server, if necessary
8. Point your web browser at vlan1’s IP address
9. At the login prompt, enter the user name and password
The default username is manager:
User Name: manager
Password: friend
The System Status page is displayed. Select options from the sidebar menu
to configure and manage the router.
For context-sensitive online help, click on the Help button at the top of the
sidebar menu or on any pop-up page.