Chapter 5 Basic Router Configuration

Configuring a Loopback Interface

DETAILED STEPS

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

interface type number

Enters configuration mode for the loopback

 

Example:

interface.

 

 

 

Router(config)# interface Loopback 0

 

 

Router(config-if)#

 

Step 2

 

 

ip address ip-address mask

Sets the IP address and subnet mask for the

 

Example:

loopback interface.

 

 

 

Router(config-if)# ip address 10.108.1.1

 

 

255.255.255.0

 

 

Router(config-if)#

 

Step 3

 

 

exit

Exits configuration mode for the loopback

 

Example:

interface and returns to global configuration

 

mode.

 

Router(config-if)# exit

 

 

Router(config)#

 

 

 

 

Example

The loopback interface in this sample configuration is used to support Network Address Translation (NAT) on the virtual-template interface. This configuration example shows the loopback interface configured on the Fast Ethernet interface with an IP address of 200.200.100.1/24, which acts as a static IP address. The loopback interface points back to virtual-template1, which has a negotiated IP address.

!

interface loopback 0

ip address 200.200.100.1 255.255.255.0 (static IP address) ip nat outside

!

interface Virtual-Template1 ip unnumbered loopback0

no ip directed-broadcast ip nat outside

!

Verifying Configuration

To verify that you have properly configured the loopback interface, enter the show interface loopback command. You should see a verification output similar to the following example:

Router# show interface loopback 0

Loopback0 is up, line protocol is up

Hardware

is Loopback

Internet

address is 200.200.100.1/24

MTU 1514

bytes, BW 8000000 Kbit, DLY 5000 usec,

 

 

 

reliability 255/255,

txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

 

 

 

Encapsulation LOOPBACK,

loopback not set

 

 

 

Last input never, output never, output hang never

 

 

 

Last clearing of "show interface" counters never

 

 

 

Queueing strategy: fifo

 

 

 

 

 

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