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About CONFIG Commands

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Guidelines: CONFIG Commands

The following table provides guidelines for entering and formatting CONFIG commands.

Command	Rules for entering CONFIG commands
component
Command verbs	CONFIG commands must start with a command verb (set, view, delete).
	You can truncate CONFIG verbs to three characters (set, vie, del).
	CONFIG verbs are case-insensitive. You can enter “SET,” “Set,” or “set.”
Keywords	Keywords are case-insensitive. You can enter “Ethernet,” “ETHERNET,” or
	“ethernet” as a keyword without changing its meaning.
	Keywords can be abbreviated to the length that they are differentiated from
	other keywords.
Argument Text	Text strings can be as many as 64 characters long, unless otherwise speci-
	fied. In some cases they may be as long as 255 bytes.
	Special characters are represented using backslash notation.
	Text strings may be enclosed in double (“) or single (‘) quote marks. If the
	text string includes an embedded space, it must be enclosed in quotes.
	Special characters are represented using backslash notation.
Numbers	Enter numbers as integers, or in hexadecimal, where so noted.
IP addresses	Enter IP addresses in dotted decimal notation (0 to 255).

If a command is ambiguous or miskeyed, the CLI prompts you to enter additional informa- tion. For example, you must specify which virtual circuit you are configuring when you are setting up a Motorola Netopia® Gateway.

Displaying Current Gateway Settings

You can use the view command to display the current CONFIG settings for your Motorola Netopia® Gateway. If you enter the view command at the top level of the CONFIG hierar- chy, the CLI displays the settings for all enabled functions. If you enter the view command at an intermediate node, you see settings for that node and its subnodes.

Step Mode: A CLI Configuration Technique

The Motorola Netopia® Gateway command line interface includes a step mode to auto- mate the process of entering configuration settings. When you use the CONFIG step mode, the command line interface prompts you for all required and optional information. You can

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