Configuration Guide User guide

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Chapter
7
Configuring IP
In this chapter
•Overview of configuring IP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
•The IP packet flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
•Basic IP parameters and defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
•Configuring IP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
•Configuring packet parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
•Changing the router ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
•Specifying a single source interface for Telnet, TACACS, TACACS+, or RADIUS packets 186
•Configuring an interface as the source for Syslog packets . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
•Configuring ARP parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
•Configuring forwarding parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
•Displaying IP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Overview of configuring IP
The Internet Protocol (IP) is enabled by default. This chapter describes how to configure IP
parameters on the device.
The IP packet flow
Figure 5 Shows how an IP packet moves through a device.