Question

Hidden IP address on cisco 2600 router?

Asked by: rsalunkhe


We have a Cisco 2600 router with two ethernet interfaces and two serial interfaces. This was configured by some previous administrator.

The router is configured to have 2 ip addresses -
201.x.x.1/24 and
201.x.x.254/24

When i run "show interfaces" command i get the status and configuration of all interfaces but the strange thing is-

E 0/0 does NOT have an IP address (but its up and running)
E0/1 has an ip address of 201.x.x.254.

I can telnet into the same router using the .1 or the .254 address but why can't i see the 201.x.x.1 address on any interface???

Thanks

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by: lrmoorePosted on 2004-02-13 at 16:58:53ID: 10357664

Can you post the config? It could simply be a secondary address, for example:

Interface Ethernet 0/0
 ip address 201.x.x.254 255.255.255.0
 ip address 201.x.x.1 255.255.255.0 secondary

Or you could have a loopback interface with that address.

 

by: rsalunkhePosted on 2004-02-13 at 18:02:33ID: 10358225


If it is a secondary address (as i thought initially) it should still show up when i do "sh int".

Below i have pasted the output-
-------------------------------------------
Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0004.4dae.89c0 (bia 0004.4dae.89c0)
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:03, output 00:00:09, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 68908 drops
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     4518343 packets input, 315919627 bytes, 66 no buffer
     Received 4517084 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     829 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 829 ignored, 0 abort
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     731404 packets output, 43884240 bytes, 0 underruns
     419 output errors, 3 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 12 deferred
     419 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

Ethernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0004.4dae.89c1 (bia 0004.4dae.89c1)
  Internet address is 201.x.x.254/24
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec, rely 255/255, load 4/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 235 drops; input queue 0/75, 14589 drops
  5 minute input rate 1899000 bits/sec, 234 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 185000 bits/sec, 146 packets/sec
     981826358 packets input, 288234642 bytes, 185 no buffer
     Received 1409422 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     6513 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 6512 ignored, 0 abort
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     729400334 packets output, 3073862623 bytes, 0 underruns
     4137 output errors, 61206094 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 46776194 deferred
     4105 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
--------------------------------------------------------

I have put an 'x' in the actual ip address on eth 0/1 but rest of the output is as it is.

How do i check for a loopback interface address? And what is the purpose of giving such an ip address for a loopback interface?

 

by: sheahmedPosted on 2004-02-13 at 20:28:24ID: 10358925


i think u should paste here the whole output of "show running-config" here ... go though the output of this command step by step ... you will find all the interfaces and ip's bind on them, hope u could find that ...

Regards,
Sheeraz Ahmed

 

by: Pascal666Posted on 2004-02-13 at 20:59:51ID: 10359042

"Show int" will not show secondary IPs.  "Show ip int" will.  Or you can just do a "show run" and look through the config for the IP.

-Pascal

 

by: rsalunkhePosted on 2004-02-13 at 21:48:22ID: 10359209


Thanks for the responses guys.

Irmoore...your guess was right but sheahmed's answer helped me.

I ran "show running-config" and i DID see the ip address .1 as secondary on the E 0/1 interface. Thanks Sheeraz.

Its funny how i overlooked it earlier when I had typed "sh run". I did not see the address then...i guess i overlooked it in a hurry!!!

Anyways i tried "sh ip int" and that worked too. I did not know about that...so thanks pascal.

Also you both gave the right answer however I am giving the points to sheeraz as he had replied ealier and i tried his suggestion. Hope its cool with you Pascal.

Just one more question.........why would the router need two ip addresses on one interface itself???
What is E0/0 doing if both addresses are on E0/1 ? There is a cable from E0/0 is going to a port on the switch.

( I am a windows system administrator with not much exposure or experience on Cisco routers and hence the questions may be basic)


 

by: Pascal666Posted on 2004-02-13 at 23:13:17ID: 10359378

Secondary IPs are often used when multiple routers are consolidated into one to avoid having to change the gateways on end nodes.

You'd have to post the config for E0/0 for us to say exactly what it is doing.  Most likely would be either IPX or bridging.

-Pascal

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