Comments on: how can we configure a 36 port router? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-we-configure-a-36-port-router/ Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: snapper70 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-we-configure-a-36-port-router/#comment-70087 snapper70 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:47:51 +0000 #comment-70087 Hardware and purpose would be necessary. Are you actually looking at a router with a switching module, maybe, that has 36 ports for switching, plus a couple on the chassis for MPLS connectivity? Those are configured differently than a router that actually has 36 full routed ports.

If using a switching module, you have to allocate ports to VLANS, and then configure the VLANS as virtual router ports, with IP addresses – possibly just one per VLAN for a remote office; and possibly less than 5 vlans in total – conceivably even just one or two for, say, clients and servers.

int vlan 3
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

int fast 0/0/1
switchport access vlan 3
int fast 0/0/2
switchport access vlan 3
… etc.
(not sure if you can use the shortcut of
int range fast 0/0/1-36
switchport access vlan 3
^z)

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