ping

Access: Administrator, Device User

Description. Determine whether the device with the IP address or DNS name you specify is connected to the network. Four inquiries are sent to the address.

Argument

Description

 

 

<IP address or DNS name>

Type an IP address with the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, or the DNS name

 

configured by the DNS server.

 

 

Example: To determine whether a device with an IP address of 150.250.6.10 is connected to the network, type:

ping 150.250.6.10

portSpeed

Access: Administrator

Description:

Option

Arguments

Description

 

 

 

-s

auto 10H 10F

Define the communication speed of the Ethernet port. The auto command

 

100H 100 F

enables the Ethernet devices to negotiate to transmit at the highest possible

 

 

speed. See “Port Speed” on page 83 for more information about the port speed

 

 

settings.

 

 

 

Example: To configure the TCP/IP port to communicate using 100 Mbps with half-duplex communication (communication in only one direction at a time), type:

portspeed -s 100H

prompt

Access: Administrator, Device User

Description: Configure the command line interface prompt to include or exclude the account type of the currently logged-in user. Any user can change this setting; all user accounts will be updated to use the new setting.

Option

Argument

Description

 

 

 

-s

long

The prompt includes the account type of the currently logged-in user.

 

 

 

 

short

The default setting. The prompt is four characters long: APC>

Example: To include the account type of the currently logged-in user in the command prompt, type:

prompt -s long

quit

Access: Administrator, Device User, Outlet User

Description: Exit from the command line interface session (this works the same as the exit command).

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APC AP8941, AP89XX manual Ping, PortSpeed, Prompt, Quit

AP89XX, AP8941 specifications

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