From: Matt Mullen (mullenm@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2007 - 12:34:30 ART
Obviously it is wrong now, but at some point it must have been correct. It
is documented like this in too many places for that not to be the case.
Another book: http://safari5.bvdep.com/1587050242/ch08
Do a Google search on "administrative distance" and "static route" and you
will turn up many web sites that have the information stated this way as
well.
On 2/9/07, Edison Ortiz <edisonmortiz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The documentation is wrong. Both Static Routes have the same metric.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Mullen" <mullenm@gmail.com>
> To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:30 AM
> Subject: AD of Static Route
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I apologize if this is a topic that has been discussed before, I could
> > not
> > locate anything in the archives. I have always had the understanding
> that
> > a
> > static route which points to an outgoing interface has an Administrative
> > Distance of 0 while a static route pointing to a next hop has an
> > administrative distance of 1. Several web sites and books back that up
> > including
> > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/admin_distance.html
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/admin_distance.html>,
> > and perhaps the most convincing source:
> >
> > "For example, IPv4 static routes pointing to a next-hop address have an
> > administrative distance of 1, and static routes referencing an exit
> > interface have an administrative distance of 0"
> >
> > Routing TCP/IP Vol 1 Second Edition, Jeff Doyle, Pg. 99
> >
> > However, it seems that IOS doesn't agree...
> >
> > Rack1R1(config)#ip route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 ethernet0/0
> > Rack1R1(config)#do show ip route 10.10.10.0
> > Routing entry for 10.10.10.0/24
> > Known via "static", *distance 1*, metric 0 (connected)
> > Routing Descriptor Blocks:
> > * directly connected, via Ethernet0/0
> > Route metric is 0, traffic share count is 1
> >
> > Did this change at some point? Does anyone know the history behind
> this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
> >
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