About Config Commands; Config Mode Prompt; Navigating The Config Hierarchy - Motorola 2200 Administrator's Handbook

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show ppp [{ stats | lcp | ipcp }]
Displays information about open PPP links. You can display a subset of the PPP statistics by including an
optional stats lcp
,
start ppp vccn
Opens a PPP link on the specified virtual circuit.

About CONFIG Commands

You reach the configuration mode of the command line interface by typing
configure con
, such as

CONFIG Mode Prompt

When you are in CONFIG mode, the CLI prompt consists of the name of the Motorola Netopia® Gateway fol-
lowed by your current node in the hierarchy and two right angle brackets (>>). For example, when you enter
CONFIG mode (by typing
prompt reminds you that you are at the top of the CONFIG hierarchy. If you move to the
FIG hierarchy (by typing
(ip)>> to identify your current location.
Some CLI commands are not available until certain conditions are met. For example, you must enable IP for
an interface before you can enter IP settings for that interface.

Navigating the CONFIG Hierarchy

•
Moving from CONFIG to SHELL — You can navigate from anywhere in the CONFIG hierarchy back to
the SHELL level by entering
Netopia-3000/9437188 (top)>> quit
Netopia-3000/9437188 >
top
•
Moving from to a subnode — You can navigate from the top node to a subnode by entering the
node name (or the significant letters of the node name) at the CONFIG prompt and pressing R
example, you move to the IP subnode by entering
Netopia-3000/9437188 (top)>> ip
Netopia-3000/9437188 (ip)>>
As a shortcut, you can enter the significant letters of the node name in place of the full node name at the
CONFIG prompt. The significant characters of a node name are the letters that uniquely identify the node.
For example, since no other CONFIG node starts with b, you could enter one letter ("
bridge node.
•
Jumping down several nodes at once — You can jump down several levels in the CONFIG hierarchy by
entering the complete path to a node.
• Moving up one node — You can move up through the CONFIG hierarchy one node at a time by entering
the up command.
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, or ipcp argument for the
config
or ) at the CLI SHELL prompt.
config
at the SHELL prompt), the
ip at the CONFIG prompt), the prompt changes to
quit at the CONFIG prompt and pressing R
show ppp command.
configure
Netopia-3000/9437188 (top)>>
Netopia-3000/9437188
ip and pressing R
ETURN
(or any truncation of
ip node in the CON-
.
ETURN
ETURN
.
b
") to move to the
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