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Accessing the Command Line Interface
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Appendix D. Accessing the Command Line
Interface (CLI)
Why use the Command Line Interface?
You will need to connect the router to the PC in order to access the Command
Line Interface when Configuration Manager (CM, user-friendly configuration
software) is not compatible with certain platforms, cannot be used.for
complex configuration tasks, or if you initially experience trouble connecting
to the router.
Non-Windows users have to use the CLI; Windows users may have to rely on
it in specific situations, as is described below.
Non-Windows platforms (Macintosh, UNIX, etc.)
The CLI is the only configuration software available to non-Windows users.
It is accessed from an ASCII terminal emulation or via Telnet to the router.
It is needed to initialize the router’s IP address manually and for all
configuration matters.
Windows-based platforms
The CLI is used selectively for a number of situations.
It can be accessed from within the CM or independently of it. It is specifically
needed to:
• Change an existing IP address (if doing so with a POTS router is not
possible. Refer to Chapter 6, Management Tools) to be in the same
subnetwork as the PC.
• Perform advanced configurations
• Be used by network managers as the preferred management tool (for
remote software management and maintenance, and troubleshooting)