User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introducing the 802.11a/g Router
- Installing the 802.11a/g Router
- What’s in the Box?
- A physical look at the back panel
- A physical look at the front panel
- Connecting the Cables
- High Level Configuration Steps Required for the 802.11a/g Router
- Setting up a Windows PC or wireless client as DHCP clients
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows 95/98/Me:
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows XP/2000:
- Confirming your PC’s IP Configuration:
- Connecting More Devices Through A Switch/Hub To The 802.11a/g Router
- Basic Configuration of the 802.11a/g Router
- Advanced Settings
- Managing your 802.11a/g Router
- How to View the device Status
- How to View the System Log
- Security Log
- DHCP Client Table
- Wireless Client Table
- Bridge Table
- WAN Status
- LAN Status
- Upgrading Firmware
- How to Save or Restore Configuration Changes
- How to Restore the System Settings to the Factory Defaults
- How to Reboot your 802.11a/g Router
- What if you Forgot the Password?
- Command Line Interface
- Text Configuration
- Specification
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Command Line Interface
This chapter describes the Command Line Interface (CLI) for the 802.11 a/g Router. The CLI is
accessible through a Telnet session.
General guidelines
When the 802.11 a/g Router is powered up, the user can use a standard telnet application from a PC
connected to the network to perform configuration and management functions. This is done by typing
the telnet command, “telnet <the 802.11 a/g Router’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.
Router Manager Console <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 back 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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