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Use this procedure to configure a serial connection to your Cisco Wireless LAN Controller:

1.Connect your computer to the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller using the DB-9 null-modem serial cable as shown in the following figure.

2.Verify that your terminal emulation (HyperTerminal, ProComm, minicom, tip, or other) inter- face is configured with the following parameters:

-9600 baud

-8 data bits

-1 stop bit

-no parity

-no hardware flow control

3.In your terminal emulation program, open a session with the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller.

4.Press <RETURN>. The CLI returns a login prompt.

5.Enter a valid login and password to enter the CLI. (The default login and password are admin and admin, respectively.)

User:

Password:

Note that the login and password functions are case sensitive.

6.The CLI displays the root level system prompt:

(system prompt)>

The CLI allows a default of five users to be logged in at a time, but this number can be set from zero to five users.

The system prompt can be any alphanumeric string, up to 31 characters. Because this is a user-defined variable, it is omitted from the rest of this documentation.

The CLI automatically logs you out without saving any changes after a short period of inactivity. This automatic logout can be set from 0 (never log out), or from 1 to 160 minutes. (Use the CLI command config serial timeout x, where x is a number between 0 and 160.)

You are now logged into the CLI.

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