D-Link DWL-8500AP Product Manual - Page 127

Commands and Syntax

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B CLI for AP Configuration 1. Start your SSH application. (We use PuTTY as an example.) 2. Enter the IP address of access point and click Open. (If your Domain Name Server is configured to map domain names to IP addresses via DHCP, you can enter the domain name of the AP instead of an IP address.) This brings up the SSH command window and establishes a connection to the access point. The login prompt is displayed. 3. When the login prompt appears, enter the username and password. The login name is admin. If you did not change the default password, press ENTER when you are prompted for a password. The default password is blank. After a successful login, the screen shows the (Access Point Name)# prompt. You are now ready to enter CLI commands at the command line prompt. Commands and Syntax The CLI for the DWL-3500AP and DWL-8500AP provides the following commands for manipulating objects: • get • set • add • remove CAUTION: Settings updated from the CLI (with get, set, add, remove commands) will not be saved to the startup configuration unless you explicitly save them via the save-running command. For a description of configurations maintained on the Commands and Syntax 127

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Commands and Syntax
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B
CLI for AP Configuration
1.
Start your SSH application. (We use PuTTY as an example.)
2.
Enter the IP address of access point and click
Open
.
(If your Domain Name Server is configured to map domain names to IP addresses via
DHCP, you can enter the domain name of the AP instead of an IP address.)
This brings up the SSH command window and establishes a connection to the access
point. The login prompt is displayed.
3.
When the login prompt appears, enter the username and password.
The login name is
admin
. If you did not change the default password, press ENTER when
you are prompted for a password. The default password is blank.
After a successful login, the screen shows the (
Access Point Name
)# prompt. You are now
ready to enter CLI commands at the command line prompt.
Commands and Syntax
The CLI for the DWL-3500AP and DWL-8500AP provides the following commands for
manipulating objects:
get
set
add
remove
CAUTION:
Settings updated from the CLI (with
get
,
set
,
add
,
remove
commands) will not
be saved to the startup configuration unless you explicitly save them via the
save-running
command. For a description of configurations maintained on the