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Appendix D: Command Line Interface (CLI) for Access Point Configuration
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Comparison of Settings Configurable with the CLI and Web UI
The command line interface (CLI) and the web user interface (UI) to the
AT-WA7400 Wireless Access Point are designed to suit the preferences
and requirements of different types of users and scenarios. Most
administrators will probably use both UIs in different contexts. Some
features (such as clustering) can only be configured through the web UI
and, conversely, some details and more complex configurations are only
available through the CLI.
The CLI is particularly useful because it provides an interface to which you
can write programmatic scripts for access point configurations. The CLI
may also be less resource-intensive than a web interface.
Table 2 shows a feature-by-feature comparison of which settings can be
configured through the CLI or the web UI, and which are configurable with
either.
Table 2. Comparison of CLI to Web Browser Interface Settings
Feature or Setting Configurable from CLI Configurable from Web
Basic Settings
Getting/changing Administrator
Password
Getting/changing access point
name and location
Viewing information such as
MAC, IP address, and firmware
version
Yes Yes
Access Point and Cluster
Settings
Get existing settings only.
You cannot set
configuration policy or other
cluster features from the
CLI.
Use for clustering settings.
Yes
User Accounts Yes Yes
User Database Backup and
Restore
No Yes, as described in “Backing
Up and Restoring a User
Database” on page 62.
Sessions No Yes
Channel Management No Yes, as described in Chapter 6,
“Channel Management” on
page 69