Navigating the CLI

Getting Help
A question mark ( ? ) can be entered at the system prompt to display a list of commands available for each command modeas shown in Figure . A list of associated keywords and arguments for any command can also be obtained as shown in Figure .

Abbreviating Commands
Only enough characters have to be entered for the access point to recognize the command as unique. This example shows how to enter the show configuration or show running-config from privileged EXEC command:

AP#show conf
AP#sh run

AP IOS CLI Modes
Figures and show the main command modes, how to access each one, the prompt seen in that mode, and how to exit the mode. The examples in the table use the host name ap.

Error Messages
Figure lists some error messages that might be encountered while using the IOS CLI to configure the access point.

Recalling Commands
To recall commands from the history buffer, perform one of the actions listed in Figure .

Executing IOS Changes
It is important to follow basic procedures of verifying the configuration after all changes as shown in Figure . When configuring a production AP, always make a backup copy of the configuration before making modifications.

Lab Activity

Lab Exercise: Using Features of the Internetworking Operating System (IOS) command line interface (CLI)

Students will learn the features of the AP Internetworking operating system (IOS).