3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 11 IP Address Configuration
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II. Network diagram
Console cable
Switch
PC
Console cable
Switch
PC
Figure 11-3 Network diagram for IP address configuration
III. Configuration procedure
Enter VLAN interface 1.
[SW8800] interface vlan-interface 1
Configure the IP address for VLAN interface 1.
[SW8800-Vlan-interface1] ip address 129.2.2.1 255.255.255.0
11.5 Troubleshooting IP Address Configuration
Fault 1: The switch cannot ping through a certain host in the LAN.
Troubleshooting can be performed as follows:
1) Check the configuration of the switch. Use the display arp command to view the
ARP entry table that the switch maintains.
2) Check which VLAN includes the port of the switch used to connect to the host.
Check whether the VLAN has been configured with a VLAN interface. Then check
whether the IP address of the VLAN interface and that of the host are on the same
network segment.
3) If the configuration is correct, enable the ARP debugging on the switch, and check
whether the switch can correctly send and receive ARP packets. If it can only send
ARP packets but cannot receive them, errors may occur on the Ethernet physical
layer.