Command Line Interface
After connecting to the system through the console port, the login screen displays:
Username: admin
Password:
SMC Enterprise AP#
Note: Command examples shown later in this chapter abbreviate the console prompt to
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:
