Introduction
By default, Allied Telesis devices come with a default management IP once an Ethernet cable is connected to one of the ports, it is advisable to change this IP since if you have several Allied Telesis devices, you could have a conflict in network.
Additionally, it is useful to know the equipment's administration IP address.
How to modify the default IP address
Connect to the Allied Telesis switch via ethernet cable to any network port on the front panel (Not the console port), then navigate to 169.254.42.42 (Default IP address of AlliedWarePlus) from a browser, some devices use comes with a different IP address, you can try 192.168.42.42 and 192.168.1.1. A warning similar to the image below will be displayed due to self-signed certificate for https traffic.
For our example we used Google Chrome.
Proceed by click on "Advanced" and a warning message will be displayed as the following picture.
Click on link that says "Proceed to 169.254.42.42 (unsafe)"
The login screen will be displayed.
Login with default username: manager and password: friend
A security reminder will be displayed as the device is still using its default username and password, click "Save and Continue" to proceed.
The Dashboard is displayed. Navigate to "Interface Management" under "Network Infrastructure" to update the device’s default IP address.
A new switch typically will have lo(loopback) and vlan1 in list of Interface Management, click Edit to change the IP address assigned to vlan1.
Enter the IP address that you need to assign to the device. The subnet mask here is in a slash format, common ones listed below:
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/16 255.255.0.0
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/24 255.255.255.0
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/17 255.255.128.0
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/25 255.255.255.128
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/18 255.255.192.0
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/26 255.255.255.192
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/19 255.255.224.0
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/27 255.255.255.224
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/20 255.255.240.0
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/28 255.255.255.240
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/21 255.255.248.0
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/29 255.255.255.248
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/22 255.255.252.0
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/30 255.255.255.252
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/23 255.255.254.0
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/31 255.255.255.254
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As soon as the Apply button is clicked, the current session will be disconnected as the IP address used to access the device was changed.
Update the IP address of the host used to access the device, then access the device with the new IP address entered for vlan1 in previous step. Proceed through the security warning then login with the default username: manager and password: friend.
If Telnet is required, it can be Enabled under System>Services>Telnet slider
Once all configuration is completed, Press the "Save" button on the top right corner of the GUI, the button will change from Orange to Blue, confirming that the configuration was saved.
