Ethan,

To manage the 3300 series switches via the network (telnet or web), you need to perform at least two steps:

1. Configure an IP address on an interface (it is recommended to bind the ip address to a VLAN rather than a port).
2. Create an administrator account in the local database

To remove the IP address from interface 1/g2, you would want to use the "no ip address dhcp" command from interface config mode...

• console# config
• console(config)# interface ethernet 1/g2
• console(config-if)# no ip address dhcp

If this does not allow communication on the 1/g2 interface, I would suggest using the "delete startup" command from the console# prompt to reset the defaults on the switch.

From the default configuration, the following commands would allow you to manage the switch via the network:

• console# config
• console(config)# username password level 15
• console(config)# interface vlan 1
• console(config-if)# ip address dhcp
• console(config-if)# end
• console# copy run start

Use the command "show ip interface" to verify that VLAN 1 obtains and IP address.

Greg,

It worked like a charm!  Thanks a million.  Now I can use the dumbed-down gui.

-Ethan P