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.