56 bytes from 172.16.1.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=7.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=0.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.1.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=2.000 ms
--- Ping statistics for 172.16.1.2 ---
5 packet(s) transmitted, 5 packet(s) received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 0.000/2.200/7.000/2.482 ms
The output shows that the router can communicate with the host on subnet 172.16.1.0/24.
# Ping a host on subnet 172.16.2.0/24 from the router to check the connectivity.
<Router> ping 172.16.2.2
Ping 172.16.2.2 (172.16.2.2): 56 data bytes, press escape sequence to break
56 bytes from 172.16.2.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.2.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=7.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.2.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.2.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.000 ms
56 bytes from 172.16.2.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=1.000 ms
--- Ping statistics for 172.16.2.2 ---
5 packet(s) transmitted, 5 packet(s) received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 1.000/2.600/7.000/2.245 ms
The output shows that the router can communicate with the host on subnet 172.16.2.0/24.
# Ping a host on subnet 172.16.1.0/24 from a host on subnet 172.16.2.0/24 to check the connectivity.
Host B can be successfully pinged from Host A.
IP unnumbered configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in
across a Digital Data Network, and they each connect to a LAN through Ethernet interfaces.
To save IP addresses, configure the serial interfaces to borrow IP addresses from the Ethernet interfaces.
Figure
9, two routers on an intranet are connected to each other through serial interfaces
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