interface trouble

[krock22]

I just added a WIC card to my 1841 HWIC-4ESW that gives me 4 more FastEthernet ports

fa0/0/0
fa0/0/1
fa0/0/2
fa0/0/3

when I go in and try to assign an ip address to fa0/0/0 or any fast ethernet ports on that HWIC card I get this error

Location-1(config-if)#int fa0/0/0
Location-1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Location-1(config-if)#

is there another way to add the ip address to the interface?

Thanks

 

[Belushi]

You probably have to perform the interface command "no switchport" first. This is assuming the switchport is capable of layer 3 (probably).

 

[Alterac]

Im pretty sure those cards are Layer2 only, you need to assign them to vlans

RT(config-if)#no switchport mode
RT(config-if)#ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
% IP addresses may not be configured on L2 links FastEthernet0/0/1.





Bill

 

[krock22]

Because this is a router i cannot assign vlans to these interfaces I have to cretae a sub-interfaces in order to assign it to the vlan right?

 

[Alterac]

You can assign vlans directly to the interfaces of the switchcard if you want.

setup the vlan's then

switchport mode access vlan X
on the interface

Bill

 

[vipergg]

No you cannot add a ip address to the hwic interfaces . What needs to be done is to create the layer 2 vlan in the vlan database . You then create the layer 3 SVI to go along with that layer 2 vlan . You then put the switchport into the vlan and then you can route on the hwic.