Nortel Networks 8000 - Manual (Page 117)

5 Logical interface configuration
Nortel Secure Router 8000 Series
Configuration -WAN Access
The null interface view appears.
The Null interface remains in the Up state all the time. It cannot forward data packet. You can
neither configure an IP address for it nor encapsulate it with protocols.
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5.6.3 Checking the configuration
Run the following commands to check the previous configuration.
Action Command
Check the status of a Null
interface.
display interface null [ 0 ] [ | { begin | exclude | include }
regular-expression ]
Run the display interface null command to view that the status of the null interface is Up.
<Quidway> display interface null 0
NULL0 current state : UP
Line protocol current state :UP (spoofing)
Description : Huawei, Quidway Series, NULL0 Interface
The Maximum Transmit Unit is 1500 bytes
Internet protocol processing : disabled
Physical is NULL DEV
Last 300 seconds input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Last 300 seconds output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 drops
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 drops
5.7 Configuration examples
This section provides the following examples:
• Example for configuring the sub-interface
• Example for configuring the virtual template
• Example for configuring the loopback interface
5.7.1 Example for configuring the sub-interface
Networking requirements
As shown in Figure 5-1:
• Serial 1/0/0:0 of Router A connects with Router B and Router C through the public FR
network.
• You configure a sub-interface on Serial 1/0/0:0 on Router A so that LAN 1 can access
LAN 2 and LAN 3 at the same time through Serial 1/0/0:0.
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