• Install Netgear switches.
• Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage Netgear switches.
• Configure and troubleshoot Netgear switches.
• Perform software upgrades.

Duration: 2 days

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Introduction
How Ethernet works with hubs, How Ethernet works with switches. Installing Netgear switches. Hands on: Building a network with a hub, building a network with a Netgear switch.

Basic troubleshooting
The Netgear switch range, LEDs, cabling issues, factory resets, default settings. Hands on: Building a network with multiple Netgear switches.

Configuration methods
Managed vs. unmanaged switches, Console port access, telnet, web based access, SNMP, saving configurations, NVRAM, switch stacks, stacking ports. Hands on: Accessing the switch using the console, IP address configuration, telnet.

Console interface
Password protection, the menus, menu options. Hands on: Setting a password, displaying the switch configuration.

Web based interface
Getting started, basic format. Hands on: Configuring the switch using the web interface.

Port configuration
Common port configuration tasks, port trunking. Hands on: Configuring ports.

STP configuration
What is STP? Configuring STP. Hands on: Enabling and disabling STP, configuring STP.

VLAN configuration
What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Hands on: Setting up VLANS, setting up 802.1Q, Inter VLAN traffic.

Housekeeping
TFTP, upgrades, Hands on: Boot from net.

SNMP
SNMP configuration, NMS’s. Hands on: Using SNMP to manage a Netgear switch, putting it all together: troubleshooting.