Re: Netgear router not picking up IP address.

> Ed Prochak wrote:
>> I am trying to do some configuration on a Netgear switch (FS726T).
>> problem is I cannot get to first base. This is supposed to have a Web
>> based administration interface, but the switch does not seem to have
>> an IP address. I have done IP scans, checked the DHCP client tables.
>> It does not appear on the network.

Manual available here :-
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/FS...UserManual.pdf

This refers to a Smartwizard Discovery program, presumably supplied on
a CD with the new product.

Might also be worth cross-posting in uk.comp.home-networking.

Alanp

alanp wrote:
>> Ed Prochak wrote:
>>> I am trying to do some configuration on a Netgear switch (FS726T).
>>> problem is I cannot get to first base. This is supposed to have a Web
>>> based administration interface, but the switch does not seem to have
>>> an IP address. I have done IP scans, checked the DHCP client tables.
>>> It does not appear on the network.
>
> Manual available here :-
> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/FS...UserManual.pdf
>
> This refers to a Smartwizard Discovery program, presumably supplied on a
> CD with the new product.
>
> Might also be worth cross-posting in uk.comp.home-networking.
>
> Alanp
>
>
When I had trouble with an old print server box, I ended up resetting it
to defaults before it would play ball.

The odd thing is, I had used it on the same network I reinstated it on
some years (yes years!) previously. But it seemed to have forgotten itself.