3Com OfficeConnect User Manual - page 40
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C
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4: M
ANAGING
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S
WITCH
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SING THE
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I
NTERFACE
Configuring Your Browser
Before you use your web browser to access the web
interface, you must make one small configuration
change to it, so that it always downloads the latest
version of a web page from the web interface.
To do this for Netscape Navigator Version 3.0:
1
Start Netscape Navigator.
2
From the
Options
menu, select
Network Preferences
.
The preferences dialog box appears.
3
Check the ‘Every Time’ checkbox.
4
Click
OK
.
To do this for Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 3.0:
1
Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
2
From the
View
menu, select
Options
.
The Options dialog box appears.
3
Select the
Advanced
tab, and in the Advanced
property sheet click
Settings
.
4
Check the ‘Every visit to the page’ checkbox.
5
Click
OK
.
Accessing the Web Interface
You can access the web interface for the switch either
through the console port or over the network. Ensure
that your management station has been
appropriately set up for your particular management
method and that any necessary connections have
been made, refer to
For management over the network the switch requires
IP information; refer to
If you want to access the web interface through a
serial link from a Windows
®
‘95 management station
(connected to the console port of the switch), you
must use the 3Com serial web utility (SLIP Driver);
refer to
Any number of people can access the web interface
over the network, at the same time. There is a
password panel to prevent unauthorized
management of the switch.