CLI Syntax

Going through the help syntax on the Dynalink RTA1335

• ?, help - displays this list
• logout - logs out (obvious)
  
• reboot - reloads the router. It also displays some info which could be handy. More on this in another post
  
• adsl - starts and stops the adsl interface (I think)
  
• atm - not sure. Start/stop PPPoA maybe?
  
• brctl - used to set up, maintain, and inspect the ethernet bridge configuration in the linux kernel.- ref
  
• cat - displays the file contents
  
• df - disk free
  
• dumpcfg - I think this creates an xml file (to screen) of the current config.
  
• echo - prints arguments to standard out
  
• ifconfig - configure hte interfaces
  
• kill - kill a process. OK - it's real job is to send a signal to a process ... in practice it is used to kill 'em
  
• arp - manipulate the arp cache
  
• defaultgateway - configure/display the default route
  
• dhcpserver - configure the dhcp server - a pretty basic server really. But does the job (note for next time - dhcpserver show locked up
  
• dns - configure static dns entries
  
• lan - not sure - seems to be similar to ifconfig
  
• passwd - change password for admin. Syntax help also indicates "user" and 'support" but i can't seem to change those
  
• ppp - bring up or down a ppp connection
  
• remoteaccess - allow remote access into the router adminfor admin. Configurable by port but primarily http, telnet, tftp, ping. theres some aspects of the syntax that bothers me - seems to cope with frame relay - well PVC's anyway. Does ATM (as in PPPoA) have PVC's? I don't know ATM.
  
• localaccess - sets which ways you can locally access the router
  
• restoredefault - by the look of it, the router is reset to the factory default. Could be handy
  
• route - configure static routes
  
• save - saves the config data to flash
  
• swversion - shows the version of firmware
  
• wan - configures the WAN interface
  
• ping - pings
  
• ps - shows processes
  
• pwd - prints the current working directory. and until i can figure out how to change directory this is always "/"
  
• sntp - synchronises with an NTP server
  
• sysinfo - general systems info
  
• tftp - transfer files to/from tftp server