User Manual

Command Line Interface

This document defines the Command Line Interface (CLI) for the 802.11G ACCESS POINT.

The CLI is accessible through a Telnet session.

General guidelines

When the 802.11G ACCESS POINT is powered up, the user can use a standard telnet application

from a PC connected to the network to perform configuration and management functions - by typing

the telnet command “telnet <the 802.11G ACCESS POINT’s ip>” (the default is 192.168.1.1) and

pressing a return key, the user will see a system sign-on message followed by a password prompt

as follows.

Wireless AP Manager Console Version: rev_no

Please enter your password: ********

A default password “password” has been pre-configured with the system. The user should use it to

log into the system until the password is explicitly changed using the change password command.

Note that the entered password is case-sensitive. This password may also be changed using the

browser-based GUI configuration utility.

The password entered will be echoed as asterisks (*). After the Carriage Return is entered, if the

password string is validated, the command prompt Command>>> will be displayed, and the user

can then issue other commands. Otherwise, the password prompt will be redisplayed.

Most commands are single-line commands, and commands are not context sensitive: each

command is independent of other commands before or after it.

The command syntax is straightforward.

The following briefly summarizes the guideline for the interface.

• At any time, the user can type a “?” (preceded by a space) to request context-sensitive help on

what the user can enter next.

• At any time, the user can type control-p (^p, by pressing both the Ctrl key and the p key at the

same time) to repeat the previous command, or control n to return to the following (next)

command. At startup, typing ^p or ^n will not cause anything to happen - since previous

commands do not yet exist. In normal operation, typing ^p will cause the previous command to

show, and the cursor will sit at the end of the command. At this point, the user can either type a

carriage return to accept the command, or type backspaces to edit the command from the end.

Up to 15 previously entered commands can be invoked through ^p’s and ^n’s.

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