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Some people ask me how to find the D-Link switch serial number, is actually very simple.

On the bottom of each D-Link Switch/Hub, a sticker has been placed which contains the serial number information for that product.

An example of the sticker is shown below:

The circled series of numbers is the Serial number.

Tags: Hub, serial number, switch

The Cisco 7940G and 7960G are pre-802.3af PoE devices. They will not be able to get power from the PoE switch.

The following link is provided for reference and may provide further information regarding the incompatibility between 802.3af compliant devices and Cisco phones.

This article is not provided by Cisco nor endorsed by D-Link: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Cisco+POE

Note: This may include other Cisco IP Phones that are not 802.3af compliant. For further information on your Cisco IP Phone, please contact Cisco.

Tags: 802.3af, cisco, phone, POE

Some pepole using a D-Link Lan-switch such as D-Link DES-1228P,he can’t share Internet connection,If you are connecting directly to a Cable or DSL modem, you will need a router to share your Internet connection or a computer using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) or Proxy. Switches and hubs do not allow you to share a single IP address to multiple computers.

Another alternative is to contact your ISP and purchase extra IP addresses for each additional computer.

Here for a list of D-Link Routers : http://www.dlink.com/solutionFlashes/?type=1&rid=64

Tags: DES-1228P, Internet connection, router, switch

Step 1: Please visit http://support.dlink.com/downloads and download the Web management utility and firmware.

Step 2: Open the Web management utility.

Step 3: Click Discovery to locate the Web smart switch and select the IP address of the switch and then click Add to monitor list.

Step 4: Once you have added the switch to the monitor list, select the IP address of the switch and then click Firmware Upgrade.

Step 5: Browse to where you downloaded the firmware to in Step 1. Once you have located the firmware, you will then need to enter the password that has been set up on the switch. Click Start.

Step 6: Once the firmware upgrade has completed, you will see Upgrade successful.

Tags: DES-1228P, Firmware

The Config Backup and Restore Page contains fields for downloading and uploading the configuration file from the D-Link DGS-3100 Switch through HTTP or TFTP server. To back up and restore configuration files:

Step 1: Click tools> Config Backup & Restore. The Config Backup and Restore Page opens.

Step 2: Select HTTP or TFTP field.

Step 3: Define the selected server method fields.

To backup files, click backup;
To restore files, click restore.

Tags: DGS-3100