On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Mark Borchers wrote:
> > For safety sake, in the event of a interface failure the
> > static should be
> > pointed to the interface, not the remote gateway. That way
> > when/if the
> > interface fails the default will go away and all traffic will
> > be routed to
> > the live interface. But, for sure, per packet load balancing
> > would cause
> > problems.
> >
> > -David
> > Network Engineer
>
> Didn't you mean that the other way around?
> Where:
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
>
> is a true static route. In the event of link failure for any
> reason it will be withdrawn from the table.
>
> Whereas
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0
> is treated as a connected route and will remain in the routing
> table no matter what kind of tumult may be occurring on the link.
>
Both types of statics will be removed, the IP scanner process handles
this.
There *is* a major difference if the interface you are pointing at is a
broadcast media, e.g. Ethernet. If you use the second form, you will end
up trying to arp for every destination you want, since the router will not
know what the next hop is. This can lead to serious problems.
-Scott
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