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Digi Connect Family Command Reference Digi Connect® Family Command Reference Digi Connect Family Products: Digi Connect SP, Digi Connect Wi-SP, Digi Connect ME, Digi Connect ME 4 MB, Digi Connect Wi-ME, Digi Connect EM, Digi Connect Wi-EM, Digi Connect ES (Digi Connect ES 4/8/16 devices) Digi ConnectPort™ Products: ConnectPort TS W, ConnectPort TS 8, ConnectPort TS 8 MEI Digi Cellular Family Products Digi Connect WAN Family: Digi Connect® WAN, Digi Connect WAN GPRS, Digi Connect WAN GSM-R Digi Connect WAN VPN, Digi Connect WAN IA, Digi Connect WAN 3G, Digi Connect WAN 3G IA ConnectPort™ WAN Family: ConnectPort WAN VPN, ConnectPort WAN Wi, ConnectPort WAN GPS ConnectPort™ X Family Products: ConnectPort X2, ConnectPort X2 (XTend/XStream) ConnectPort X4, ConnectPort X4 NEMA ConnectPort X8 ConnectPort™ X5 Family Products ConnectPort X5 R, ConnectPort X5 Kit, ConnectPort X5 Fleet www.digi.com 90000566_J © Digi International Inc. 2011. All Rights Reserved. Digi, Digi International, the Digi logo, Digi Connect, iDIgi, ConnectPort, RealPort, Digi SureLink, and Watchport are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digi International, Inc. in the United States and other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Digi International. Digi provides this document “as is,” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness or merchantability for a particular purpose. Digi may make improvements and/or changes in this manual or in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described in this manual at any time. This product could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein; these changes may be incorporated in new editions of the publication. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Access the Command Line..................................................................10 Configure an IP Address .....................................................................10 Basic Command Information ...............................................................11 Commands for managing connections and sessions..........................13 User Models and User Permissions in Digi Connect Products............14 Chapter 2 Command Descriptions Verify device support for commands ...................................................17 backup.................................................................................................18 boot......................................................................................................19 certmgmt..............................................................................................21 close ....................................................................................................28 connect................................................................................................29 dhcpserver...........................................................................................30 display accesscontrol ..........................................................................35 display arp ...........................................................................................36 display buffers .....................................................................................37 display carriers ....................................................................................39 display ddns.........................................................................................41 display device......................................................................................42 display dnsserver.................................................................................43 display failover.....................................................................................44 display gpio..........................................................................................45 display gps...........................................................................................46 display ikesa........................................................................................47 display ikespd......................................................................................48 display ipsecspd ..................................................................................49 display logging.....................................................................................50 display memory ...................................................................................53 display mobile......................................................................................54 display nat ...........................................................................................56 display netdevice.................................................................................58 display orbcomm .................................................................................59 display passthrough.............................................................................61 display pppstats...................................................................................62 display provisioning .............................................................................68 display proxyarp ..................................................................................70 display route ........................................................................................71 Contents 3 display sadb.........................................................................................72 display scancloak ................................................................................73 display serial........................................................................................74 display smscell ....................................................................................75 display sockets ....................................................................................78 display spd...........................................................................................79 display switches...................................................................................80 display tcp............................................................................................81 display techsupport..............................................................................82 display udp ..........................................................................................84 display uptime......................................................................................85 display versions...................................................................................86 display vpn...........................................................................................87 display vrrp ..........................................................................................88 display wlan.........................................................................................90 display xbee.........................................................................................91 exit.......................................................................................................92 findme..................................................................................................93 flashdrv................................................................................................94 help and ?............................................................................................95 info camera..........................................................................................96 info device ...........................................................................................98 info ethernet.......................................................................................100 info ia.................................................................................................102 info icmp ............................................................................................103 info ip.................................................................................................104 info orbcomm.....................................................................................107 info serial ...........................................................................................109 info tcp...............................................................................................111 info udp..............................................................................................113 info wlan ............................................................................................114 info xbee............................................................................................117 info zigbee_sockets...........................................................................120 kill ......................................................................................................122 mobile_update...................................................................................123 mode..................................................................................................124 newpass ............................................................................................125 orbcomm............................................................................................126 ping....................................................................................................128
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