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USING THE COMMAND-LINE

 

 

INTERFACE

 

This chapter discusses the 3Com Wireless Switch Manager (3WXM)

 

command-line interface (CLI). Described are the CLI conventions (see “CLI

 

Conventions” on page 22), editing on the command line (see

 

“Command-Line Editing” on page 27), using the CLI help feature (see

 

“Using CLI Help” on page 29), and information about the command

 

descriptions in this reference (see “Understanding Command

 

Descriptions” on page 30).

 

 

Overview

Mobility System Software (MSS) operates a 3Com Mobility System

 

wireless LAN (WLAN) consisting of 3Com Wireless Switch Manager

 

(3WXM) software and 3Com Wireless LAN Switch or 3Com Wireless LAN

 

Controller (WX switch) and 3Com Wireless LAN Managed Access Point

 

(MAP) hardware. There is a command-line interface (CLI) on the WX

 

switch that you can use to configure and manage the WX and its

 

attached access points.

 

You configure the wireless LAN switches and access points primarily with

 

set, clear, and display commands. Use set commands to change

 

parameters. Use clear commands to reset parameters to their defaults. In

 

many cases, you can overwrite a parameter with another set command.

 

Use display commands to show the current configuration and monitor

 

the status of network operations.

The wireless LAN switches support two connection modes:

„Administrative access mode, which enables the network administrator to connect to the WX switch and configure the network

„Network access mode, which enables network users to connect through the WX switch to access the network

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