RE: Confused about Default Routes in RIP

From: Zhang, Ou (David) (OuDavid.Zhang@gs.com)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 01:44:13 GMT-3

Eariler IOS automatically generate a 0.0.0.0/0 if a static default route
exists. However, Cisco made a feature change so we now have to tell the RIP
explicitly by using the redistribute static command.

-----Original Message-----
From: MADMAN [mailto:dmadlan@qwest.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:15 PM
To: Daniel Cisco Group Study
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Confused about Default Routes in RIP

   Hmm, haven't done much RIP of late but I know there was a time a
simple redistribute static would work.

  Dave

Daniel Cisco Group Study wrote:
> Doyle & Solie both discuss the origination of default routes in
> RIP.....
>
> Basically, add a static default route, pointing to an IP address or
> interface within the RIP process, and a 0.0.0.0/0 is automatically
> generated, and propagated (see my config below).
>
> However, I can't seem to replicate this! The only way I can originate
> the default in RIP is to use "default-info originate" under the RIP
> process.....
>
> Why the discrepancy? Is the Doyle / Solie method only applicable to
> older IOS versions, and the default-info originate method become the
> new way of doing things?
>
> My configs for the Doyle / Solie method is as follows: (no 0.0.0.0/0
> is generated)
>
> interface Loopback2
> ip address 10.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
> !
> interface Ethernet0
> ip address 128.100.1.13 255.255.255.0
> !
> router rip
> network 10.0.0.0
> network 128.100.0.0
> !
> no ip http server
> ip classless
> ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.2
> !
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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