Specifications

Accessing the CLI
A-2
Telnet Connection
TelnetoperatesovertheIPtransportprotocol.Inthisenvironment,yourmanagementstationand
anynetworkdeviceyouwanttomanageoverthenetworkmusthaveavalidIPaddress.ValidIP
addressesconsistoffournumbers,0to255,separatedbyperiods.Eachaddressconsistsofa
networkportionand
hostportion.Forexample,iftheaccesspointcannotacquireanIPaddress
fromaDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)server,thedefaultIPaddressusedbythe
accesspoint,192.168.1.1,consistsofanetworkportion(192.168.1)andahostportion(1).
ToaccesstheaccesspointthroughaTelnetsession,
youmustfirstsettheIPaddressfortheaccess
point,andsetthedefaultgatewayifyouaremanagingtheaccesspointfromadifferentIPsubnet.
Forexample:
AfteryouconfiguretheaccesspointwithanIPaddress,youcanopenaTelnetsessionby
performingthefollowingsteps.
1. Fromtheremotehost,entertheTelnetcommandandtheIPaddressofthedeviceyouwantto
access.
2. Attheprompt,entertheusernameandsystempassword.TheCLIwilldisplaythe
“RoamAbout3000#”prompttoshowthatyouareusingexecutiveaccessmode(forexample.,
Exec).
3. Enterthe
necessarycommandstocompleteyourdesiredtasks.
4. Whenfinished,exitthesessionwiththe“exit”command.
AfterenteringtheTelnetcommand,theloginscreendisplaysthefollowing:
RoamAbout 3000#configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z
RoamAbout 3000(config)#interface ethernet
Enter Ethernet configuration commands, one per line.
RoamAbout 3000(if-ethernet)#no ip dhcp
DHCP client state has changed. Please reset AP for change to take effect.
RoamAbout 3000(if-ethernet)#exit
RoamAbout 3000#reset board
Reboot system now? <y/n>: y
Username: admin
Password:********
RoamAbout 3000#configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z
RoamAbout 3000(config)#interface ethernet
Enter Ethernet configuration commands, one per line.
RoamAbout 3000(if-ethernet)#ip address 10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0 10.1.0.254
RoamAbout 3000(if-ethernet)#
Username: admin
Password:********
RoamAbout 3000#
Note: You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.