11-26-2002 03:52 AM - edited 03-02-2019 03:10 AM
Pl. clarify me the circumastances under which ip Default gateway COmmand is used in a router. has this got any relation to ip routing...???
Rgds
Kalyan
11-26-2002 08:43 AM
Use it when there is no IP routing available. For instance, on a switch (layer 2)
we need to tell the management port how to send packets to the network. so we define a default gateway, which essentially says "send any non local packetss to this address"
11-26-2002 08:51 AM
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/default.html
forgot this piece sorry
11-28-2002 08:25 PM
This command is usually issued on a switch (L2). It's like when you configure a default gateway for a PC, you'll need to configure a default gateway for the switch also to be able to access it from a remote location. So on a Cisco switch, the command is "ip default-gateway"
11-29-2002 04:14 AM
I would like to add to the information provided here. ip default-gateway command can also be used in the cisco routers, when the IP Routing is turned off. There routers just act like network hosts.
This information is available in the BSCN coursebook, however, I really wonder why anyone would really like to turn routing off on a router ???
Regards
Nandan
11-29-2002 11:24 AM
Sometimes U need to Turn off Routing and enable Bridging for some protocols may be across WAN. Then turning routing off might be helpful..
11-29-2002 01:13 PM
better choice would be IRB in that case
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