Specialist Switching Workshop

NETGEAR Specialist Switching Workshop

Configure, Deploy, Troubleshoot NETGEAR Managed Switches

Table of Contents

A-        Introduction        3

Module 3 – Initial Switch Configuration        4

LAB 1: Switch administration        4

1.1.        Initiation CLI command        4

1.2.        Assign static IP address        6

1.3.        Enabling Secure Access (HTTPS)        7

1.4.        Enabling Secure Access (SSH)        8

1.5.        Save your configuration        9

Module 4 – Static VLAN Deployment        10

2.1.        VLAN routing between VLAN servers and VLAN users on M4100        10

2.2.        Defining IP Interfaces for the VLANs (VLAN Routing)        15

2.3.        Troubleshooting        16

Module 5 – DHCP Services        17

3.1.        Defining DHCP Server and Pools        17

3.2.        Defining DHCP L3 Relay / DHCP Helper        19

3.3.        Defining the DHCP Server        20

Module 6 – Dynamic VLANs        21

4.1.        Configuring the Authenticator        21

4.2.        Configuring Windows 7 for 802.1x Authentication        23

4.4.        Troubleshooting        24

Module 7 – Static Routing        25

5        Configuring Static Routing        25

Module 8 - Access Control lists        27

6.1        Defining ACL101        28

6.2        Defining ACL102        28

B        Appendix        28

B.1        Configuring Windows 2013r2 Network        29

1. Introduction

The following exercises are designed to demonstrate some of the advanced features of a NETGEAR Managed Switch deployment. These examples use Prosafe M4100 series switching throughout but are designed to work with any NETGEAR Managed Switch product.