Router Configuration Guide 13
IP Router Configuration
In This Chapter
This chapter provides information about commands required to configure basic router 
parameters.
Topics in this chapter include:
• Configuring IP Router Parameters
→ Interfaces
→ Autonomous Systems (AS)
→ Confederations
→ Proxy ARP
→ Exporting an Inactive BGP Route from a VPRN
→ Static Route Resolution Using Tunnels
→ Weighted Load-Balancing over MPLS LSP
→ Bi-directional Forwarding Detection
• Configuration Notes
Configuring IP Router Parameters
In order to provision services on an Alcatel-Lucent router, logical IP routing interfaces must 
be configured to associate attributes such as an IP address, port or the system with the IP 
interface. 
A special type of IP interface is the system interface. A system interface must have an IP 
address with a 32-bit subnet mask. The system interface is used as the router identifier by 
higher-level protocols such as OSPF and BGP, unless overwritten by an explicit router ID. 
The following router features can be configured:
• Interfaces