Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch manual Assigning IP/IPX Interfaces

Chapter 6: IP Routing Configuration Guide

address or an interface is configured for the limited broadcast address 255.255.255.255, the router advertisement includes all IP addresses configured on the physical interface. When router advertisements are sent to a net or subnet broadcast, then only the address associated with the net or subnet is included.

To start and stop router discovery on the SSR, enter the following commands in Configure mode:

Start router discovery.	rdisc	start
Stop router discovery.	rdisc	stop

To configure router advertisement, enter the following commands in Configure mode:

Define IP address to be	rdisc add	address <hostname-or-ipaddr>
included in router
advertisements.
Enable router advertisement on	rdisc add	interface <interface name>all
an interface.
Configure router advertisement	rdisc set	address <ipaddr>
for a specific address.	type multicastbroadcast
	advertise	enabledisable
	preference <number>ineligible
Configure router advertisement	rdisc set	interface <name>all min-adv-
for an interface or all interfaces.	interval <number> max-adv-interval <number>
	lifetime <number>

To show the state of router discovery on the SSR, enter the following command in Enable mode:

Show router discovery state.

rdisc show all

Configuration Examples

Assigning IP/IPX Interfaces

To enable routing on the SSR, you must assign an IP or IPX interface to a VLAN. To assign an IP or IPX interface named ‘RED’ to the ‘BLUE’ VLAN, enter the following command:

ssr(config)# interface create ip RED address-netmask 10.50.0.1/255.255.0.0 vlan BLUE

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