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DWS-1008 CLI Reference Guide

D-Link Systems, Inc.

Using the Command Line Interface

Text Entry Conventions and Allowed Characters

Unless otherwise indicated, the MSS CLI accepts standard ASCII alphanumeric characters,

except for tabs and spaces, and is case-insensitive.

The CLI has speciﬁc notation requirements for MAC addresses, IP addresses, and masks,

and allows you to group usernames, MAC addresses, virtual LAN (VLAN) names, and ports

in a single command.

D-Link recommends that you do not use the same name with different capitalizations for

VLANs or access control lists (ACLs). For example, do not conﬁgure two separate VLANs

with the names red and RED.

The CLI does not support the use of special characters including the following in any named

elements such as SSIDs and VLANs: ampersand (&), angle brackets (< >), number sign (#),

question mark (?), or quotation marks (“”).

In addition, the CLI does not support the use of international characters such as the accented

É in DÉCOR.

MAC Address Notation

MSS displays MAC addresses in hexadecimal numbers with a colon (:) delimiter between

bytes—for example, 00:01:02:1a:00:01. You can enter MAC addresses with either hyphen (-)

or colon (:) delimiters, but colons are preferred.

For shortcuts:

• You can exclude leading zeros when typing a MAC address. MSS displays of MAC

addresses include all leading zeros.

• In some speciﬁed commands, you can use the single-asterisk (*) wildcard character

to represent from 1 byte to 5 bytes of a MAC address.

IP Address and Mask Notation

MSS displays IP addresses in dotted decimal notation—for example, 192.168.1.111. MSS

makes use of both subnet masks and wildcard masks.

Subnet Masks

Unless otherwise noted, use classless interdomain routing (CIDR) format to express subnet

masks—for example, 192.168.1.112/24. You indicate the subnet mask with a forward slash

(/) and specify the number of bits in the mask.