TL-SL5428E
 
24-port 10/100Mbps + 4-port Gigabit L2 Managed Switch CLI Guide
 
10 
Interface 
Configuration 
Mode 
Use the interface  type 
number  command to 
enter this mode from 
Global Configuration 
mode. 
TP-LINK(config-if
)# 
Use the end  command or press Ctrl+Z 
to return to Privileged EXEC mode. 
Enter  exit  command to return to Global 
Configuration mode. 
A port number must be specified in the 
interface command. 
VLAN 
Configuration 
Mode  
Use the vlan database 
command to enter this 
mode from Global 
Configuration mode. 
TP-LINK(config-
vlan)# 
Use the end command or press Ctrl+Z 
to return to Privileged EXEC mode. 
Enter the exit command to return to 
Global configuration mode. 
Note: 
1.  The user is automatically in User EXEC Mode after the connection between the PC and the 
switch is established by a console port or by a telnet connection. 
2.  Each command mode has its own set of specific commands. To configure some commands, 
you should access the corresponding command mode firstly. 
z  Global Configuration Mode: In this mode, global commands are provided, such as the 
Spanning Tree, Schedule Mode and so on. 
z  Interface Configuration Mode: In this mode, users can configure one or several ports, 
different ports corresponds to different commands 
a).  Interface Ethernet: Configure parameters for an Ethernet port, such as Duplex-mode, 
flow control status. 
b).  Interface range Ethernet: The commands contained are the same as that of the 
Interface Ethernet. Configure parameters for several Ethernet ports. 
c).  Interface link-aggregation: Configure parameters for a link-aggregation, such as 
broadcast storm. 
d).  Interface range link-aggregation: Configure parameters for multi-trunks. 
e).  Interface vlan: Configure parameters for the vlan-port. 
z  Vlan Configuration Mode: In this mode, users can create a VLAN and add a specified 
port to the VLAN.   
3.  Some commands are global, that means they can be performed in all modes: 
z  show: display all information of switch, for example: statistic information, port information, 
VLAN information.