Configuring A System Name And Prompt; Default System Name And Prompt Configuration - Cisco 1941W Configuration Manual

Chapter Administering the Wireless Device

Configuring a System Name and Prompt

You configure the system name on the wireless device 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 command in global
configuration mode.
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, see
Note
Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
Reference.
This section contains the following configuration information:
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Default System Name and Prompt Configuration

The default access point system name and prompt are ap.
Configuring a System Name
To manually configure a system name, follow these steps, beginning in privileged EXEC mode.
SUMMARY STEPS
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Cisco 3900 Series, Cisco 2900 Series, and Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 Software Configuration Guide
Default System Name and Prompt Configuration, page 321
Configuring a System Name, page 321
Understanding DNS, page 322
configure terminal
hostname name
end
show running-config
copy running-config startup-config
Configuring a System Name and Prompt
and Cisco IOS IP Addressing Services Command
Cisco IOS
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