14-7
To do… Use the command… Description
Configure the type
of terminal display
under the current
user interface.
terminal type
{
ansi |
vt100
}
Optional
By default, the terminal display type is
ANSI.
Configure the
command level
available to the
users logging in to
the console user
interface
user privilege level
level
Optional
By default, commands of level 3 are
available to the users logging in to the
console user interface.
Set the maximum
number of lines on
the next screen
screen-length
screen-length
Optional
By default, the next screen displays 24
lines.
A value of 0 disables the function.
Set history
command buffer
size
history-command
max-size
value
Optional
By default, the history command buffer can
contain up to 10 commands.
Set the timeout
timer
idle-timeout
minutes
[
seconds
]
Optional
The default timeout time is 10 minutes.
The system automatically terminates the
user’s connection if there is no information
interaction between the device and the
user in timeout time.
Setting idle-timeout to 0 disables the timer.
Common console login configuration takes effect immediately. The connection may be interrupted
when you perform such configuration after logging in through the console port. Therefore, use another
login method to configure the console port settings. To log in to your AP again through the console port,
modify the settings of the terminal program running on your PC to make them consistent with the
console port settings on your AP shown in
Figure 14-4.
Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Table 14-4 lists console port login configurations for different authentication modes.
Table 14-4 Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Authentication
mode
Configuration Description
None Configure not to authenticate users
For more information, see Configuring
None Authentication for Console Port
Login
.
Configure to authenticate users using the
local password
Password
Set the local password
For more information, see
Configuring
Password Authentication for Console
Port Login
.
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