How to configure a switch

1. Connect the Networking Switch to a power supply and Turn it on.
2. Connect all the computers you want on the LAN Network to the switch via Ethernet cables.
3. Now download an application like IPMessenger or Dukto. Both are cross platform softwares. However IPMessenger doesn’t work well with linux, so I would suggest Dukto.
4. Once you have installed the application on all your computers, the next step is the IP Configuration. This is the most important step. All computers will get an IP in sequential order.
5. Turn off the Wi-fi if it is ON.
6. The PC connected to port 1 on the Networking Switch will get an IP – 10.0.0.1, Router/Gateway – 255.255.255.0, DNS – 10.0.0.10
7. The PC connected to port 2 on the Networking Switch will get an IP – 10.0.0.2, Router/Gateway – 255.255.255.0, DNS – 10.0.0.10
8. The PC connected to port 3 on the Networking Switch will get an IP – 10.0.0.3, Router/Gateway – 255.255.255.0, DNS – 10.0.0.10
9. Do this till the IP Configuration is complete on all the computers.
10. Now open IPMessenger/Dukto.
11. All the computers connected to the switch should show up. Now go ahead and do some file transfers and chatting on your own LAN Network.