Hello,

A very basic question. I have a static route statement for eg

ip route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 200.200.200.5

Now, let's say you have started to learn this network 10.10.10.0 through OSPF or BGP through a different Interface and your original connection to 200.200.200.5 is down.

Now if a customer is connected to this router wants to access 10.10.10.0/24. The first thing this router will do is use the Static route statement because of Administrative distance of 1. But connection is down. Would the router by-pass the static statement and still tell it's customer connected on it, I know how else to access it through OSPF or BGP. Or would we need to remove the static statement out of the router for 10.10.10.0/24.

My question is without removing the static route statement, can the router access the above network through OSPF or BGP. Let's say i do not want to remove this static route statement

Thanks,

Hassan