
IP Configuration Configuring IP
page 12-14 OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide June 2006
IP Configuration
IP is enabled on the switch by default and there are few options that can, or need to be, configured. This
section provides instructions for some basic IP configuration options.
Configuring the Router Primary Address
The router primary address is used by advanced routing protocols (e.g., OSPF) to identify the switch on
the network. It is also the address that is used to access the switch for management purposes.
Use the ip router primary-address command to configure the router primary address. Enter the
command, followed by the IP address. For example, to configure a router primary address of 172.22.2.115,
you would enter:
-> ip router primary-address 172.22.2.115
Configuring the Router ID
By default, the primary address of the router is used as the router ID. However, if a primary address has
not been configured, the router ID is used by OSPF to identify the switch on the network. The router ID
can be any 32-bit number.
Use the ip router router-id command to configure the router ID. Enter the command, followed by the IP
address. For example, to configure a router ID of 172.22.2.115, you would enter:
-> ip router router-id 172.22.2.115
Configuring the Time-to-Live (TTL) Value
The TTL value is the default value inserted into the TTL field of the IP header of datagrams originating
from the switch whenever a TTL value is not supplied by the transport layer protocol. The value is
measured in hops.
Use the ip default-ttl command to set the TTL value. Enter the command, followed by the TTL value. For
example, to set a TTL value of 75, you would enter:
-> ip default-ttl 75
The default hop count is 64. The valid range is 1 to 255. Use the show ip config command to display the
default TTL value.
IP-Directed Broadcasts
An IP directed broadcast is an IP datagram that has all zeroes or all 1 in the host portion of the destination
IP address. The packet is sent to the broadcast address of a subnet to which the sender is not directly
attached. Directed broadcasts are used in denial-of-service “smurf” attacks. In a smurf attack, a continu-
ous stream of ping requests is sent from a falsified source address to a directed broadcast address, result-
ing in a large stream of replies, which can overload the host of the source address. By default, the switch
drops directed broadcasts. Typically, directed broadcasts should not be enabled.
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