Entering commands, Keywords and arguments, Minimum abbreviation – SMC Networks SMC2552W-G2-17 User Manual

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Command Line Interface

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If your corporate network is connected to another network outside your office or to
the Internet, you need to apply for a registered IP address. However, if you are
attached to an isolated network, then you can use any IP address that matches the
network segment to which you are attached.

After you configure the access point with an IP address, you can open a Telnet
session by performing these steps.

1.

From the remote host, enter the Telnet command and the IP address of the
device you want to access.

2.

At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI will display
the “Enterprise AP#” prompt to show that you are using executive access mode
(i.e., Exec).

3.

Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.

4.

When finished, exit the session with the “quit” or “exit” command.

After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays:

Caution:

You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.

Entering Commands

This section describes how to enter CLI commands.

Keywords and Arguments

A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify a
command, and arguments specify configuration parameters. For example, in the
command “show interfaces ethernet,” show and interfaces are keywords, and
ethernet

is an argument that specifies the interface type.

You can enter commands as follows:

• To enter a simple command, enter the command keyword.
• To enter commands that require parameters, enter the required parameters after

the command keyword. For example, to set a password for the administrator,
enter:

Enterprise AP(config)#username smith

Minimum Abbreviation

The CLI will accept a minimum number of characters that uniquely identify a
command. For example, the command “configure” can be entered as con. If an
entry is ambiguous, the system will prompt for further input.

Username: admin
Password:
Enterprise AP#

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