From: MADMAN (dave@interprise.com)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 12:08:06 GMT-3
Since I have seen problems with pointing a static route at an
interface on several occasions I only use it when I must, i.e. when
doing ip address negotiated for example.
Dave
>
> Hello group,
>
> Until I now couldn't understand why a default or static route doesn't
> always work when pointing to an interface. Been a victim of this a few
> times wherein during the staging process it works but on the actual
> implementation it doesn't (on some instance it worked). Is there a hard
> written rule here when to use the physical interface or not on a certain
> scenario ??? I usually encounter this problem with DDR (physical/dialer
> interfaces) or HSRP on LAN's. Am I right to say here that when using the
> physical interface instead of the next hop IP address, the router would
> do an extra sort of an ARP-ing process to resolve the next hop address
> ???
>
> Appreciate any feedback.
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Neil
> .
-- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill .
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