R2511-HP MSR Router Series Layer 3 - IP Services Configuration Guide(V5)

• Set the primary IP address of the router as the gateway address of the hosts on subnet

172.16.1.0/24, and the secondary IP address of the router as the gateway address of the hosts on

s u b net 172.16.2.0/24 .

Figure 47 Network diagram

Configuration procedure

# Assign a primary IP address and a secondary IP address to Ethernet 1/1.

<Router> system-view

[Router] interface ethernet 1/1

[Router-Ethernet1/1] ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0

[Router-Ethernet1/1] ip address 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0 sub

# Set the gateway address to 172.16.1.1 on the hosts attached to subnet 172.16.1.0/24, and to 172.16.2.1

on the hosts attached to subnet 172.16.2.0/24.

# Ping a host on subnet 172.16.1.0/24 from the router to verify the connectivity.

<Router> ping 172.16.1.2

PING 172.16.1.2: 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break

Reply from 172.16.1.2: bytes=56 Sequence=1 ttl=255 time=25 ms

Reply from 172.16.1.2: bytes=56 Sequence=2 ttl=255 time=27 ms

Reply from 172.16.1.2: bytes=56 Sequence=3 ttl=255 time=26 ms

Reply from 172.16.1.2: bytes=56 Sequence=4 ttl=255 time=26 ms

Reply from 172.16.1.2: bytes=56 Sequence=5 ttl=255 time=26 ms

--- 172.16.1.2 ping statistics ---

5 packet(s) transmitted

5 packet(s) received

0.00% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max = 25/26/27 ms

The output shows that the router can communicate with the host on subnet 172.16.1.0/24.

# Ping a host on subnet 172.16.2.0/24 from the router to verify the connectivity.

<Router> ping 172.16.2.2

PING 172.16.2.2: 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break