Command Line Interface Modes Overview; User Execution Mode; Privileged Mode - Proxim ORiNOCO AP-8000 User Manual

Using CLI to Manage the Access Point

Command Line Interface Modes Overview

The Command Line Interface (CLI) is divided into different command modes. Each command mode has its own set of
commands that manage the network operations. The commands that are available depends on the mode that you are in.
CLI operates in two main modes:
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User Execution Mode

•

Privileged Mode

User Execution Mode
The moment you logon to the device, with Username and Password, you enter into the User mode. For configuring the
device, you must be in the privileged mode which can be entered by executing the enable command from the User
Mode.
Example:
System Name>
To view more commands in this mode, the user has to type question mark (?).
System Name>?
Possible completions:
disable Turn off privileged commands
enable Turn on privileged commands
exit Exit from EXEC
show Show
To use the privileged mode, you need to type "enable" command from the User mode.
System Name>enable
Privileged Mode
In this mode, you can view all the configured parameters of the device. This mode is identified by a pound sign (#) at the
command prompt.
Example:
System Name#
To configure any parameter in this mode, you need to enter Global Configuration Mode by using configure command.
Example:
System Name#configure
System Name(config)#
This brings the CLI into a special mode called Global Configuration Mode, where full access is provided to the user for
configuring the device through CLI. The command prompt of this mode uses an interactive hierarchical format which
shows the configuration level the user is in and with its name.
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