Settings:
Sensor IP address: 192.168.255.130/16
Gateway IP address: 192.168.255.254
Who has access to the IPS sensor: 192.168.0.0/16
CLI in the sensor:
sensor# config t
sensor(config)# service host
sensor(config-hos)# network-settings
sensor(config-hos-net)# host-ip 192.168.255.130/16,192.168.255.254
sensor(config-hos-net)# access-list 192.168.0.0/16
sensor(config-hos-net)# exit
sensor(config-hos)# exit
Apply Changes?[yes]: yes
sensor(config)#
sensor(config)#
sensor(config)# exit
Now, I should be able to ping the IPS sensor:
C:\Users\skillen>ping 192.168.255.130
Pinging 192.168.255.130 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.255.130: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.255.130: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.255.130: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.255.130: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Just FYI, here is what a ASA-SSM-10 IPS module looks like: