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Enable the display of copyright
information
Logging In Through the Console Port
Introduction to Local Console Port Login
Logging in through the console port is the most common way to log in to an AP. It is also the prerequisite
to configuring other login methods. By default, you can log in to a AP through its console port only.
To log in to an AP through its console port, the related configuration of the user terminal must be in
accordance with that of the console port.
Table 14-2
lists the default settings of a console port.
Table 14-2 The default settings of a console port
Baud rate
Flow control
Check mode
Stop bits
Data bits
After logging in to your AP, you can perform configuration for console users. For more information, see
Configuring Common Settings for Console Login
Logging In Through the Console Port
Step1 Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the console port of the AP, as shown in
Figure 14-1 Set a local configuration environment
Step2 Launch a terminal emulation utility (such as HyperTerminal in Windows XP/Windows 2000) and set the
terminal parameters as follows: set Bits per second to 9600, Data bits to 8, Parity to None, Stop
bits to 1, and Flow control to None, as shown in
Use the command...
copyright-info enable
Setting
9,600 bps
Off
No check bit
1
8
.
Figure 14-2
through
14-3
Remarks
Optional
Enabled by default.
When the display of copyright
information is enabled, the
copyright information is displayed
when you log in to your AP through
telnet or SSH, or exit user view
through the console port. No
copyright information is displayed
in other cases.
Default
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Figure
14-4.
14-1.