Does IOS Have Something Like the PIX Name Config Command?

[bbeal]

In a PIX/ASA you can use the following command:

name <ip_address of the server> <hostname of the server>

Is there anything like it in IOS? Thanks!

[dgahm]

Barry,

In IOS you use IP Host:

ip host exampleserver 10.1.1.1

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Dave

[Johan Van Der Westhuizen · Accepted solution]

ip host serverA 10.10.10.1

(to test, ping serverA)

[bbeal]

Thanks! Just curious, but is there anyway to get the router to use that info, like in a SHOW ARP, etc?

[sundar.palaniappan]

I don't think there's a way to get to router use the host name for show arp but you can make ospf use the host name with the command 'ip ospf name-lookup'.

R1#show ip ospf nei

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface

172.30.1.12 1 FULL/BDR 00:00:32 172.30.1.12 Ethernet0/0

R1#config t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

R1(config)#ip host R2 172.30.1.12

R1(config)#ip ospf name-lookup

R1(config)#exit

R1#

R1#

R1#show ip ospf nei

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface

R2 1 FULL/BDR 00:00:35 172.30.1.12 Ethernet0/0 ---> the command(s) caused the neighbor ID to be displayed as host name instead of the IP address.

HTH

Sundar

[bbeal]

Nice! Too bad nothing else uses the name-lookup feature. We are running EIGRP. I appreciate the info though.