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Cisco IOS Command Modes

The Cisco IOS user interface is divided into many different modes. The commands available to you

depend on which mode you are currently in. Enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to obtain a

list of commands available for each command mode. Refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference for

Cisco Aironet Access Points and Bridges for a list of the supported Cisco IOS commands.

When you start a session on the access point, you begin in user mode, often called user EXEC mode.

Only a limited subset of the commands are available in user EXEC mode. For example, most of the user

EXEC commands are one-time commands, such as show commands, which show the current

configuration status, and clear commands, which clear counters or interfaces. The user EXEC

commands are not saved when the access point reboots.

To have access to all commands, you must enter privileged EXEC mode. Normally, you must enter a

password to enter privileged EXEC mode. From this mode, you must enter privileged EXEC mode

before you can enter the global configuration mode.

Using the configuration modes (global, interface, and line), you can make changes to the running

configuration. If you save the configuration, these commands are stored and used when the access point

reboots. To access the various configuration modes, you must start at global configuration mode. From

global configuration mode, you can enter interface configuration mode and line configuration mode.

Table 5-1

how to exit the mode. The examples in the table use the host name ap.

Table 5-1

Command Mode Summary

Mode

Access Method

User EXEC

Begin a session with

your access point.

Privileged EXEC

While in user EXEC

mode, enter the

enable command.

Global configuration

While in privileged

EXEC mode, enter

the configure

command.

Interface

While in global

configuration

configuration mode,

enter the interface

command (with a

specific interface).

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describes the main command modes, how to access each one, the prompt you see in that mode, and

Prompt

ap>

ap#

ap(config)#

ap(config-if)#

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Exit Method

Enter logout or quit.

Enter disable to exit.

To exit to privileged

EXEC mode, enter exit or

end, or press Ctrl-Z.

To exit to global

configuration mode, enter

exit. To return to

privileged EXEC mode,

press Ctrl-Z or enter end.