3424P has a serial port.  The settings are 9600,8,none,1, no flowcontrol.

2748 does not have a serial port.   Its default IP is 192.168.2.1.  The default Username is "admin" the default Password is (do not enter anything".  Try this and see if it works.

If you do not care about the current config, you can just press the "Managed Mode" button and it will go to unmanaged mode.   Wait about 2 minutes for the switch to come fully up in unmanaged mode, and then press the button again.  Wait about 2 minutes and the config will be cleared and the switch will be set to the default IP and password.

If you do care about the current configuration, you should try an IP scanning tool like "Angry IP", but then you still may have a problem figuring out the the Username and Password.

Hi and thanks for your help so far. However scanning the network with angry ip didn't seem to find the switches, so I've looked at the advanced configuration section here

<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> and then tried connecting using hyper terminal to the console on the 3424P using 9600,8,none,1, no flowcontrol to view the IP configuration, but no matter which command I write I get a "unrecognized command" reply:

console> configure
% Unrecognized command
console> show ip interface
% Unrecognized command
console>

Any idea why this is and is there somewhere that I can find a complete description of the commands to use? When connecting I didn't get prompted for a username and/or password, so could this be why my commands are unrecognized?

Thanks again,

Ronnie

Try this:

console> enable

console# show ip interface

 

Excellent stuff - sometimes it's so simple :). Now I get this:

 

console> show ip interface

  Gateway IP Address        Activity status       Type  
----------------------- ----------------------- --------
192.168.43.254          Active                  static  

      IP Address                 I/F             Type   
----------------------- ---------------------- ---------
192.168.2.244/24        vlan 1                 Static   
192.168.43.244/24       vlan 20                Static   
192.168.44.244/23       vlan 10                Static   

console#

 

I've tried connecting to each ip address in my browser, but there are no replies and I can't ping the addresses either. Could you explaing the above info for me? I assume there are three VLAN's created, but can I use any of the ip addresses to connect to the switch?

 

Thanks,

Ronnie

Usually, all ports are not members of all vlans.  So you can not ping all the IP addresses from any port.  Also, your PC needs to be on the same subnet as the vlan you are connected to and trying to access.

Post the ourput of the following and I will tell you exactly what to do to be able to access the switch:

console> enable

console# show running-config

 

This is the output:

console# show running-config
interface port-channel 1
switchport mode general
exit
interface ethernet g1
switchport mode general
exit
vlan database
vlan 10,20
exit
interface ethernet g1
switchport general allowed vlan add 10
exit
interface port-channel 1
switchport general allowed vlan add 10
exit
interface range ethernet e(1-24)
switchport access vlan 20
exit
interface ethernet g1
switchport general allowed vlan add 20
exit
interface vlan 1
[0mMore: ,  Quit: q, One line:
                                           
ip address 192.168.2.244 255.255.255.0
exit
interface vlan 10
ip address 192.168.44.244 255.255.254.0
exit
interface vlan 20
ip address 192.168.43.244 255.255.255.0
exit
ip default-gateway 192.168.43.254
username admin password 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 level 15 encrypted
ip domain-name LT-JDP
ip name-server  192.167.1.1

Default settings:
Service tag: 41XGSB1
 
SW version 2.0.0.21 (date  15-Jan-2007 time  15:48:02)
[0mMore: ,  Quit: q, One line:
                                           
 
Fast Ethernet Ports
==========================
no shutdown
speed 100
duplex full
negotiation
flow-control off
mdix auto
no back-pressure
 
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
=============================
no shutdown
speed 1000
duplex full
negotiation
flow-control off
mdix auto
no back-pressure
 
interface vlan 1
[0mMore: ,  Quit: q, One line:
                                           
interface port-channel 1 - 8
 
spanning-tree
spanning-tree mode STP
 
qos basic
console#