Here is what I typed

enable

p/w

config t

int e0 and I get and error "% Incomplete Command"

TIA

please post " show interface " or follow the link I posted for complete CLI syntax.

My example said e0, your ASA likely has a different interface type / number, once you determine what that is and enter it in place of my example you should be fine.

A sh run or sh interface will provide that information for you

I agree with Whisper, his example script with int e0 should have worked !

when I type sh run I get

Ethernet0/0 - Ethernet0/8

are you sure you have an ASA,

do " show version " and post info.

ASA 8.0(2)

Device Mgr 6.0(2)

ASA5505

Go to this link, you actually have to configure the ip in VLAN1 and/or VLAN2 instead of the physcal inetertace as this comes as default configuration for the 5505s

so you would do

config t

interface vlan#

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/getting_started/asa5505/quick/guide/setup.html#wpxref79743

Defaults

Two VLANs: VLAN 1 and VLAN2

?VLAN 1 has the following properties:

?Named "inside"

?Allocated switch ports Ethernet 0/1 through Ethernet 0/7

?Security level of 100

?Allocated switch ports Ethernet 0/1 through 0/7

?IP address of 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

?VLAN2 has the following properties:

?Named "outside"

?Allocated switch port Ethernet 0/0

?Security level of 0

?Configured to obtain its IP address using DHCP

So after I type interface vlan1

I type ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y and I get an error "interface address is not on the same subnet as DHCP pool" should I disable DHCP and if so how?

Well there you go, your ASA has interfaces labelled as ethernet 0/0 and so forth :-)

I can get to Ethernet0/0 then when I type

ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y I get an Error "This can only be configured on VLAN devices"

see my previous post.

configure the ip addresses through VLAN#

your inside vlan is VLAN1 and VLAN2 is your outside.

config t

interface vlan1

ip address x.x.x.x MASK