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Chapter 6 Administering the Access Point
Configuring a System Name and Prompt
Configuring a System Name and Prompt
You configure the system name on the access point 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 global configuration
command.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, refer to the Cisco IOS
Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference and the Cisco IOS IP and IP Routing Command
Reference for Release 12.1.
This section contains this configuration information:
• Default System Name and Prompt Configuration, page 6-32
• Configuring a System Name, page 6-32
• Understanding DNS, page 6-33
Default System Name and Prompt Configuration
The default access point system name and prompt is ap.
Configuring a System Name
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to manually configure a system name:
When you set the system name, it is also used as the system prompt.
To return to the default host name, use the no hostname global configuration command.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
hostname name Manually configure a system name.
The default setting is ap.
The name must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They must start
with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior characters only
letters, digits, and hyphens. Names can be up to 63 characters.
Step 3
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
show running-config Verify your entries.
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.