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38 CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS
The following example illustrates how to assign an Internet address to a bridge.
Example Figure 3 shows a configuration in which you need to assign an Internet address to
a bridge. Hosts A and B are two hosts belonging to the same IP network, network
10. The IP host on Network A has an Internet address 10.0.0.1, and the one on
Network B has an Internet address 10.0.0.2. The bridge forwards packets between
these segments. To allow communication between the hosts and the bridge, ports
1 and 2 must reside on the same network. Assigning the same network number to
two or more bridge ports is prohibited, so you must assign the address to the
entire bridge, entering a command similar to the following:
SETDefault !0 -IP NETaddr = 10.0.0.3
Figure 3 Assigning an IP Address to the Entire Bridge
After assigning an Internet address to the bridge, go to Chapter 1 in the Using
Enterprise OS Software.
Assigning Internet
Addresses to a Router
If the bridge/router is used to route IP traffic, you must configure the ports on
which IP packets are routed by assigning Internet addresses to them. You can
assign Internet addresses to individual ports using:
SETDefault !<port> -IP NETaddr = <IP address>
For more information, see the Reference for Enterprise OS Software.
CAUTION: Do not assign an Internet address to port 0, or the IP routing function
will be disabled.
The next example illustrates how to assign Internet addresses to a bridge/router or
tunnel switch.
Example In Figure 4, Networks A and B are two different IP networks, and the bridge/router
is used for routing IP packets and for bridging OSI packets. To assign an IP address
to port 1, enter a command similar to the following:
SETDefault !1 -IP NETaddr = 192.1.5.1
To assign an address to port 2, enter a command similar to the following:
SETDefault !2 -IP NETaddr = 192.1.3.1
Assign IP address 10.0.0.3 to Port 0
for the IP hosts to access the bridge
IP address
= 10.0.0.1
IP address
= 10.0.0.2
IP
host
OSI
host
IP
host
OSI
host
IPX
host
Bridge
IPX
host
Segment A
Segment B
Port 2
Port 1
A
B