Accessing the CLI
Telnet Connection
Telnet operates over the IP transport protocol. In this environment, your management station and any network device you want to manage over the network must have a valid IP address. Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Each address consists of a network portion and host portion. For example, if the access point cannot acquire an IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, the default IP address used by the access point, 192.168.1.1, consists of a network portion (192.168.1) and a host portion (1).
To access the access point through a Telnet session, you must first set the IP address for the access point, and set the default gateway if you are managing the access point from a different IP subnet. For example:
RoamAbout 3000#configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z RoamAbout 3000(config)#interface ethernet
Enter Ethernet configuration commands, one per line. RoamAbout
DHCP client state has changed. Please reset AP for change to take effect. RoamAbout
RoamAbout 3000#reset board Reboot system now? <y/n>: y Username: admin Password:******** RoamAbout 3000#configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z RoamAbout 3000(config)#interface ethernet
Enter Ethernet configuration commands, one per line.
RoamAbout
After you configure the access point with an IP address, you can open a Telnet session by performing the following steps.
1.From the remote host, enter the Telnet command and the IP address of the device you want to access.
2.At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI will display the “RoamAbout 3000#” prompt to show that you are using executive access mode (for example., Exec).
3.Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
4.When finished, exit the session with the “exit” command.
After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays the following:
Username: admin
Password:********
RoamAbout 3000#
Note: You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.
