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| Imran4sin 2002-12-07, 3:05 am |
| Ok this might sound silly, but I need to clear this.
Does a router have an IP or not.
I know they keep IP tables in the buffer and use ARP, RARP etc and have a MAC. But does a router actually have an IP!
Thanks.
It would be great if you could direct me to the resource where I can look this up..cheers. | |
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| Yes, of course a router will have an IP address. Several; many maybe, depending on the hardware installed. It will have an IP address for each WAN and LAN interface and it has a loopback interface IP address. This last one is particularly important as it sits 'alone' from all the other addresses and can never 'go down'. When you get to CCNP level, you will understand its importance in OSPF networks.
Check out the Cisco web site for learning resources.
Good Luck
Hippo
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| Imran4sin 2002-12-07, 4:16 pm |
| Offcourse.. you are absolutely rite... i mean all the interfaces..e.g Serial0, Ethernat0,1 ..they each have IP.
Am I on the rite track now!
Cheers dude.. just got confused there. | |
| chodan 2002-12-10, 8:59 am |
| Every segment of a network has a default gateway ip address if it is to have access outside itself. the default gateway is always an ip on an interface on a router.
Or on a firewll but a firewall is really just a special kind of router. | |
| sauser 2002-12-10, 3:34 pm |
| I am not tryong to be rude or anything
but questions like that should be at CCNA forum and not here.... |
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