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ip interface broadcastAddress 411

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

On a per-interface basis, assigns the broadcast address that the system uses to forward the received directed broadcasts and advertise Routing Information Protocol (RIP) packets.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ip i b

Important Considerations

■You assign the broadcast address on a per-interface basis.

■When an IP interface is configured, its default broadcast address is

255.255.255.255.

■The broadcast address that you specify affects the RIP advertisement address that is used for the RIP interface. You see the specified broadcast address as the advertisement address under the RIP menus. See “ip rip display” later in this chapter for information about the RIP interface display.

■You cannot change the broadcast address for an interface if you have added any RIP advertisement addresses to that interface. See “ip rip addAdvertisement” later in this chapter for more information.

Options

Prompt Description Possible Values [Default]

IP interfaces	Index number of the
	interfaces to which you
	want to assign a broadcast
	address
	(Not applicable if you have
	more than one interface)

■ One or more Current value interface

indexes

■all

■? (for a list of selectable interface indexes)

Broadcast	Broadcast address that	A valid address	Current address
address per	you want to assign to an
interface	interface