Specifications

Command Prompts

RoamAbout Mobility System Software Configuration Guide 1-3

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1byteto5bytesofaMACaddress.(Formoreinformation,see“MACAddress

Globs”onpage 1‐5.)

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.

Wildcard Masks

Securityaccesscontrollists(ACLs)usesourceanddestinationIPaddressesandwildcardmasks to

determinewhethertheRoamAboutSwitchfiltersorforwardsIPpackets.Matchingpacketsare

eitherpermittedordeniednetworkaccess.TheACLchecksthebitsinIPaddressesthat

correspondtoany0s(zeros)inthe

mask,butdoesnotcheckthebitsthatcorrespondto1s(ones)in

themask.Youspecifythewildcardmaskindotteddecimalnotation.

Forexample,theaddress10.0.0.0andmask0.255.255.255matchallIPaddressesthatbeginwith10

inthefirstoctet.

TheACLmaskmustbeacontiguous

setofzeroesstartingfromthefirstbit.Forexample,

0.255.255.255,0.0.255.255,and0.0.0.255arevalidACLmasks.However,0.255.0.255isnotavalid

ACLmask.