HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420 - Hewlett Packard

Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Using the CLI
Configuration Commands and the Context
Configuration Modes
You can execute basic configuration commands in the global configuration
mode. However, you must use a context mode to execute context-specific
commands.
The configuration options include interface (ethernet or wireless) context
modes:
Ethernet Context . Includes interface-specific commands that apply only
to the Ethernet interface. The prompt for this mode includes the identity of
the Ethernet interface:
HP420(config)# interface ethernet
HP420(if-ethernet)#
HP420(if-ethernet)#?
HP420(if-ethernet)#?
Configure commands:
dns DNS Server setti ngs
end Return to previo us mode
exit Exit to the EXEC mode
help Description of t he help system
ip Set IP
no Negate
show Show Ethernet in terface
shutdown Shutdown the int erface
speed-duplex Set ethernet spe ed/duplex mode
HP420(if-ethernet)#
Figure 3-6. Context-Specific Commands Affecting Ethernet Interface Context
3-10
Command executed at configuration
level for entering Ethernet interface
context.
Resulting prompt showing Ethernet
interface context.
Lists the commands you can use in the
Ethernet interface context.
In the Ethernet context, the commands in the "?" listing show
the context-specific commands that will affect only the
Ethernet interface.