From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2005 - 18:45:53 GMT-3
Hey Rick,
Yep, these things can be very tricky.
One reason to use hsrp instead of default-router is because, according to
Brian M. in the IE forum,
Windows based hosts don't accept multple default gateways.
Off-hand, I don't know if that's true for all versions of Windows (95, 98,
Me, 2000, NT, XP, etc), just some versions or maybe
at this point with up to date patches applied, none.
But, whether or not it's true for some versions of Windows, to me it seems
that our needing to know that is outside the scope
(or should be outside) of the lab.
What do you think?
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: <rick@iptool.net>
To: "ccie2be" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
Cc: "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: dhcp default-router vs hsrp
> Tim,
>
> I am with you on this one. My first thought was default-router as well. I
> think this is one of those tasks that you present what you think is the
> valid option to the proctor and let him guide into which one he wants.
> However, I probably would have configured default-router without even
> thinking about it.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > In IE lab 13, task 12.3, the requirement was to provide redundancy for
> > dhcp
> > clients on a given lan segment -
> >
> > "The default gateway for these hosts should be R6. If R6 is down, R3
> > should
> > be the default gateway."
> >
> > My immediate thought was to use the dhcp command, default-router <R6's
> > addr>
> > <R3's addr>.
> >
> > But, the SG shows HSRP being configured instead.
> >
> > My question is in the real lab, if there's a similar requirement, would
> > either
> > approach be acceptable?
> >
> > I acknowledge that using hsrp is probably better for a couple of
reasons -
> > faster switchover, works with all hosts - but
> >
> > if I used the default-router command, is that wrong?
> >
> > TIA, Tim
> >
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