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In uk.comp.homebuilt Paul <
nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
"The difference between unmanaged, managed, and Web-smart switches"
https://www.blackbox.com/en-us/products/black-box-explains/the-difference-between-unmanaged-managed-and-web-smart-switches
So there does appear to be such an option, as the "third choice".
What that article didn't bother to mention, is whether the function
is only visible on certain ports or on all ports. And whether there's
a reset button, to blow away the password.
The article isn't saying there's a standard, it's just agreeing with the
basic definition I gave - a 'web smart' switch is a switch with some degree
of management via a web interface but doesn't support SNMP like a
traditional managed switch. It's like a home router with a web interface (which are all different) as compared to a Cisco box.
It doesn't tell us anything about how to configure a particuly brand of
switch, which was the OP's question.
I'm familiar with the TP-Link 'Easy Smart' which are so cheap they don't
even have a web interface - you have to run a Java app to send raw configuration packets to them. Their slightly more expensive switches have
a web interface, which is slightly more functional than the Java app but on
par with the cheapest router. (The Java app can also manage multiple
switches at once, which the web interface can't)
That said, they're cheap enough that they aren't a bad upgrade from an unmanaged switch if any of the 'smart' features (VLANs, aggregation, port control) are useful to you. Just I wouldn't bank on them being any more
secure than an unmanaged switch (with a router you can replace the firmware with dd-wrt, OpenWRT, etc - I haven't seen replacement firmware for these switches).
Even if you cannot get a manual, a similar product manual can give you ideas.
They connect a laptop to a LAN port, to configure this one. PDF page 23.
ftp://ftp.dlink.ca/PRODUCTS/DGS-1210-10/DGS-1210_SERIES_REVC_MANUAL_4.70_WW.pdf
"The switch's factory default IP address is 10.90.90.90
with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 and a default gateway of 0.0.0.0."
"By default, the password is admin"
And that one has a Reset button.
You can reset it and try all the common addresses, I agree. Though
10.90.90.90 would be one I'd never think of.
Is there nothing printed on the outside?
You could also try running a packet sniffer on a port and see if there's any backscatter traffic that might reveal the subnet.
Theo
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