07-15-2013 04:41 AM - edited 03-04-2019 08:27 PM
Hi ,
Can someone explain about the below mentioned command ?
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x(Nxt Hop IP) fa0/1
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07-15-2013 05:54 AM
Hi,
is there something in particular you want to know?
Static routes, in your case the default route, can be configured to point to a numerical next hop (IP address), an exit-interface, or -like your example shows- both:
ip route
ip route
ip route
The differences are explained in this document:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a00800ef7b2.shtml
Dinesh Kumar Mariappan:
This is command for default route.. What ever packet received to the router it simply forward to fa0/1 interface or to next IP.
This is true as long as no more specific route for the destination exists.
Hope that helps
Rolf
07-15-2013 06:54 AM
There are situations, where the combination of exit-int and numerical next-hop is desired.
Let me give you an example.
Lets say you have an AS and use the IP address range 192.168.0.0/16.
Your default route points to 192.168.12.2
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.2
Now imagine that there's another route to the next-hop address 192.168.12.2, e.g. a discard route (just an example):
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 Null0
Do you know what happens when you disable the interface connecting 192.168.12.2 (say Fa0/0)?
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.12.1 255.255.255.0
shutdown
Because of the recursive nature of the this type of routes, there's still a valid route to 192.168.12.2:
R1#show ip route 192.168.12.2
Routing entry for 192.168.0.0/16, supernet
Known via "static", distance 1, metric 0 (connected)
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* directly connected, via Null0
R1#show ip route
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 192.168.12.2
S 192.168.0.0/16 is directly connected, Null0
So the link is down, however, the default-route is still there.
This behavior changes if you add the exit-interface:
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 FastEthernet0/0 192.168.12.2
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 Null0
R1#show ip route
S 192.168.0.0/16 is directly connected, Null0
Hope that helps
Rolf
07-15-2013 04:56 AM
This is command for default route.. What ever packet received to the router it simply forward to fa0/1 interface or to next IP.
07-15-2013 05:54 AM
Hi,
is there something in particular you want to know?
Static routes, in your case the default route, can be configured to point to a numerical next hop (IP address), an exit-interface, or -like your example shows- both:
ip route
ip route
ip route
The differences are explained in this document:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a00800ef7b2.shtml
Dinesh Kumar Mariappan:
This is command for default route.. What ever packet received to the router it simply forward to fa0/1 interface or to next IP.
This is true as long as no more specific route for the destination exists.
Hope that helps
Rolf
07-15-2013 06:09 AM
What is the advantage of this comment ..? is there any specific name is there for this commend other than defauls route or static route ????
as per your reply , it will forward the packets to the default gateway, then why we needs to mention the next hop ip as well exit interface ???
07-15-2013 06:54 AM
There are situations, where the combination of exit-int and numerical next-hop is desired.
Let me give you an example.
Lets say you have an AS and use the IP address range 192.168.0.0/16.
Your default route points to 192.168.12.2
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.2
Now imagine that there's another route to the next-hop address 192.168.12.2, e.g. a discard route (just an example):
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 Null0
Do you know what happens when you disable the interface connecting 192.168.12.2 (say Fa0/0)?
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.12.1 255.255.255.0
shutdown
Because of the recursive nature of the this type of routes, there's still a valid route to 192.168.12.2:
R1#show ip route 192.168.12.2
Routing entry for 192.168.0.0/16, supernet
Known via "static", distance 1, metric 0 (connected)
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* directly connected, via Null0
R1#show ip route
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 192.168.12.2
S 192.168.0.0/16 is directly connected, Null0
So the link is down, however, the default-route is still there.
This behavior changes if you add the exit-interface:
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 FastEthernet0/0 192.168.12.2
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 Null0
R1#show ip route
S 192.168.0.0/16 is directly connected, Null0
Hope that helps
Rolf
07-15-2013 07:09 AM
Hi Rolf,
Thanks for your reply .. its make me clear ...
So its like TRACK feature ?? Am i right ?
07-15-2013 07:24 AM
Your're welcome! Thanks for rating and marking as resolved.
So its like TRACK feature ?? Am i right ?
Well, tracking gives you much more options, but yes, I think you could say that.
The point is that packets are routed through a certain interface without having an undesirable growth of the ARP table.
Regards
Rolf
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