From: Sundar Palaniappan (sundar_palaniappan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 14:09:45 GMT-3
Louis,
Ethernet, serial with hdlc enc., FR ptp are all OK. But dialer interface is
logical and you could associate multiple dialer map statements to it. So,
how would the router know which dialer map statement to use when the static
route is pointing to the dialer interface.
--Sundar
>From: "Louis Krucker" <lkrucker@swissonline.ch>
>Reply-To: "Louis Krucker" <lkrucker@swissonline.ch>
>To: <tsabry@slb.com>, "Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Static Route pointing to the exit interface
>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:55:51 +0100
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>Yes you are right.
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>In case of Ethernet
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>In an ethernet eviroment all the stations listen for
>traffic. If the router dont know the destination IP Address
>he sends a broadcast to the ethernet.
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>If you have e.g a BRI with two dialer map statements, if a packet
>arrives how the router know which dialer map he shoud take when you
>point your static route to an interface?
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>Hopes this helps
>
>Louis
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>-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Tarek Sabry [mailto:tsabry@houston.sns.slb.com]
>Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Mdrz 2002 00:13
>An: 'Louis Krucker'; 'Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com'
>Betreff: RE: Static Route pointing to the exit interface
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>In fact I am wondering how a static route pointed to a broadcast media
>local
>interface works anyway. How does it know where to go? Does it send a
>broadcast on the ethernet/TR? I mean if the media is not point to point
>then
>how does that work?
>
>Tarek
>
>P.S. Sorry if I could not understand the below post.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
>Louis Krucker
>Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:18 PM
>To: Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com
>Subject: Static Route pointing to the exit interface
>
>
>Hi Sundar
>
>You shoud use the static route to a interface only if
>the IF supp. Broadcast Media or if it is a ptp interface
>e.g Ethernet, serial with hdlc enc., FR ptp, dialer interface(s)
>
>Why? IOS assumes different ways on a ptmp Interface and thats
>the point. On some releases it works on e.g a BRI Interface with
>ONLY on dialer map statement.
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>If you whant be shure, use a dialer interface and it will work.
>
>regards
>
>Louis
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>-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Jens Niklaus Fischer, IKOM Kommunikations- und Unternehmensberatung
>[mailto:jfischer@ikom.ch]
>Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mdrz 2002 13:09
>An: lkrucker@swissonline.ch
>Betreff: Static Route pointing to the exit interface
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>Router A and Router B are connected via ISDN.
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>Router A BRI interface IP is: 172.16.10.1/24
>Router B BRI interface IP is: 172.16.10.2/24
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>Router B's ethernet interface IP is: 192.168.10.1/24
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>ISDN works fine between these sites.
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>Assume no dynamic routing protocol is configured on both routers.
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>To enable connectivity to the ethernet segment on Router B, I added the
>following static route on Router A pointing to the next hop address it
>works
>fine.
>
>"ip route 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 172.16.10.2"
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>When I added the following static route pointing to the exit interface on
>Router A it fails.
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>"ip route 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 bri0/0"
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>Turned IP packets debug on and I was seeing "encapsulation failed"
>messages.
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>Trying to figure out what's causing the failure when the static route
>pointing to the exit interface is used. Guessing the interface type (like
>PPP, NBMA etc) is the problem.
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>Thanks for your replies in advance.
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>--Sundar
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