Section 5: Saving Configuration Changes - D-Link DWL-8600Ap Reference Manual

D-Link Unified Access Point CLI Reference Manual
Se ction 5 : Saving C onfiguration Chang es
The UAP maintains three different configurations.
• Factory Default Configuration—This configuration consists of the default settings shipped with the access point.
- You can always return the AP to the factory defaults by using the
• Startup Configuration—The startup configuration contains the settings with which the AP will use the next time it
starts up (for example, upon reboot).
To save configuration updates made from the CLI to the startup configuration, you must execute the
-
running or set config startup running
• Running Configuration—The running configuration contains the settings with which the AP is currently running.
- When you view or update configuration settings through the CLI using
you are viewing and changing values on the running configuration only. If you do not save the configuration (by
executing the save-running
changes you submitted via the CLI upon reboot.
- The save-running
command is a shortcut command for
running
same thing)
- Settings updated from the CLI (with
configuration unless you explicitly save them via the
maintaining the startup configuration and trying out values on the running configuration that you can discard (by not
saving).
- By contrast, configuration changes updated from the Web UI are automatically saved to both the running and
startup configurations. If you make changes from the Web UI that you do not want to keep, your only option is to
reset to factory defaults. The previous startup configuration will be lost.
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or set config startup running
command saves the running configuration as the startup configuration. (The
set config startup running
get , set ,
factory-reset
command from the CLI after making changes.
,
get set
command at the CLI), you will lose any
add , remove commands) will not be saved to the startup
save-running command. This gives you the option of
command.
save-
, , and commands,
add remove
save-
, which accomplishes the