Question on "name" command

[adilmasani]

Hi guys,

I am reconfiguring a pix 515E firewall. I came across a couple of entries such as:

name 192.168.1.1 Server1

name 192.168.1.0 internal network

The first entry suggests a host name. I am not clear what the second entry means. Would the second entry mean that it signifies the entire internal network? I thought the way to specify a network was to do it like this:

object-group network internal network

network-object 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

Can someone shed some light on this? I cant seem to get any info from the Cisco website/documentation

Thanks

[jwjorgensen]

The name command is used to set up an alias for a host or subnet. When entering any command that requires specifying a host or subnet, you can type in the alias you created instead of the actual IP address. This makes it a little easier to interpret the config in my opinion. HTH.

[adilmasani]

In short this means that there are two ways of specifying a subnet

1. through the name command

2. by creating a network object

Am i right in my understanding?

[jwjorgensen · Accepted solution]

Yes, but, by creating a network object you can specify MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SUBNETS OR HOSTS. With the name command you are only specifying one host or subnet. The way you use the two are a little different as well.

[kamal-learn]

hi

the name command of the finesse operating system of the pix and ASA is like the ip host command of the ios in the cisco routers and switches.

HTH

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