Specifications

Administering the Wireless Device

Configuring a System Name and Prompt

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Configuring a System Name and Prompt

You configure the system name on the wireless device to identify it. By default, the system name and

prompt are ap.

If you have not configured a system prompt, the first 20 characters of the system name are used as the

system prompt. A greater-than symbol (>) is appended. The prompt is updated whenever the system

name changes, unless you manually configure the prompt by using the prompt command in global

configuration mode.

Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, see Cisco IOS

Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference and Cisco IOS IP Addressing Services Command

Reference.

This section contains the following configuration information:

• Default System Name and Prompt Configuration, page 27

• Configuring a System Name, page 27

• Understanding DNS, page 28

Default System Name and Prompt Configuration

The default access point system name and prompt are ap.

Configuring a System Name

To manually configure a system name, follow these steps, beginning in privileged EXEC mode.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. configure terminal

2. hostname name

3. end

4. show running-config

5. copy running-config startup-config