Day 19: Assign Addresses

After having developed a logical topology and proper addressing scheme, we must assign the addresses to devices in our network. A host needs an IP address, default gateway and subnet mask. These can be assigned manually or obtained automatically by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

In Windows we'll verify the IP configuration by using ipconfig /all
In Linux use the ifconfig command.

The default gateway for a host is typically the IP address of the connected interface on the router for the network. Each host on the network can then use the router as the gateway to other networks.

This how we assign an IP to the interface of a router (we've already showed it for a switch):

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
 
The configuration can be verified by using the known commands:
show interfaces
an example is Router#show interfaces fastEthernet 0/0
show running-configuration
show startup-configuration