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IP route

hipohoneywell
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Hi all,

I have a router with the following configuration: ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0/1/0:1 172.16.200.153

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0/0/0:1 172.16.200.157

show ip route

<Output Omitted>

Gateway of last resort is 172.16.200.157 to network 0.0.0.0

show ip route static

S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 172.16.200.157, Serial0/0/0:1

[1/0] via 172.16.200.153, Serial0/1/0:1

Because I have two default routes does that mean the router is using both for internet traffic even though the gateway of last resort is just one?

Thanks in advance

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Giuseppe Larosa
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Hello Hipolito,

yes both default routes are used you can see this on the sh ip route

show ip route static

S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 172.16.200.157, Serial0/0/0:1

[1/0] via 172.16.200.153, Serial0/1/0:1

both are listed so both are installed and used.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

Thanks a lot Giuseppe

Giuseppe,

Would this type situation be a load balanced scenario or failover?

Thanks,

John

HTH, John *** Please rate all useful posts ***

John, both routes will be active in the routing table, so they would both be utilized. The manner in which you share the traffic load across the two links would depend on what kind of load balancing you are using.

HTH

Victor

Victor,

The manner in which you share the traffic load across the two links would depend on what kind of load balancing you are using.

As in glbp, or more like the type of routing protocol you're using like bgp?

Thanks!

John

HTH, John *** Please rate all useful posts ***

John

As in per packet or per destination load balancing.

Jon

HEY HEY HEY!!!! >:-(

Don't you be steppin' in my space...Mr. Man!!!

:-)

Sorry Victor couldn't resist :-)

Besides, since when has your name been Giuseppe as in

"Giuseppe,

Would this type situation be a load balanced scenario or failover?"

Jon

LOL!

HTH, John *** Please rate all useful posts ***

The routing protocol will discover 2 equal cost paths and place them both in the routing table (forget about EIGRP variance for now).

What I was referring to is wether you have per-packet- or per-destination-based load sharing configured.

With per-packet load balancing, each path is utilized alternately on a packet by packet basis. This utilizes both links pretty evenly, but you may get an issue with a disparity in delay and packets being received at the distant end out of order.

With per-destination, it is as the name suggests; each source-destination flow will be examined and one path selected based on that.

HTH

Victor

hmmmm....do you have a link to describe how to configure per-destination load sharing?

HTH, John *** Please rate all useful posts ***

John

I could tell you but then Victor will have a go at me so i can't i'm afraid :-)

Jon

That's more like it...damn it. ;-)

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