Chapter 7: Command Line Interface

Using the Command Line Interface

Accessing the CLI

When accessing the management interface for the over a direct connection to the console port, or via a Telnet connection, the access point can be managed by entering command keywords and parameters at the prompt. Using the access point’s command-line interface (CLI) is very similar to entering commands on a UNIX system.

Console Connection

To access the access point through the console port, perform these steps:

1.At the console prompt, enter the user name and password. (The default user name is “admin” and the default password is “smcadmin”) When the user name is entered, the CLI displays the “Enterprise AP#” prompt.

2.Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.

3.When finished, exit the session with the “exit” command.

After connecting to the system through the console port, the login screen displays:

Username: admin

Password:

Enterprise AP#

Caution: Command examples shown later in this chapter abbreviate the console prompt to “AP” for simplicity.

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 DHCP server, the default IP address used by the access point, 192.168.2.2, consists of a network portion (192.168.2) and a host portion (2).

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:

Enterprise AP#configure

Enterprise AP(config)#interface ethernet

Enterprise AP(if-ethernet)#ip address 10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0 10.1.0.254 Enterprise AP(if-ethernet)#

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SMC2552W-G2-17, SMC2552W-G2 specifications

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