Gateway of last resort

[The_guroo_2]

guys whats gateway of last resort......i have lil bit understanding that if no match uis found it shd be forwarded to this address.....so in other words......if we point a static route to next hope is it become th egateway of last resort??? secondly we have three command to do that i m confuse that which command we shd use an dwhen and why?? kindly see the commands below

ip default-gateway

ip default-network

and ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

thanks for looking

[dgahm]

IP default-gateway is used by non-routing devices like layer 2 switches. This is the same as the default gateway for a PC, and is only needed by the management interface.

IP default-network and the static 0/0 are used by routers.

Here is a great doc that explains the difference:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/default.html

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Dave