When your console is ready to communicate with the system, power up the system. (See Powering Up ERX Routers.) Then set an IP address for the system. The system powers up in User Exec mode. To assign an IP address:
- host1>enable
- host1#
The system is now in Privileged Exec mode.
- host1#configure terminal
- Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
- host1(config)#interface FastEthernet slotnumber/0
- host1(config-if)#ip address 10.10.7.3 255.255.255.0
After you have assigned an IP address to the system, you can communicate remotely by running Telnet over an Ethernet network. See Telnet Setup.