Re: IE OEQ Question...

It's not a static, it's a tie down route from a summary addy. Your
explanation is fine IMO.

Sent from handheld.

On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:38 PM, "Ronald Johns" <rj686b_at_att.com> wrote:

> I came across a question posed by the IE OEQ simulator that had
> something like this output displayed:
>
>
> D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
> N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
> E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
> i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS
> level-2
> ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user
> static route
> o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route
>
> Gateway of last resort is not set
>
> 172.16.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 2 subnets, 2 masks
> C 172.16.1.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback10
> D 172.16.0.0/16 is a summary, 00:00:39, Null0
> 10.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 6 subnets, 2 masks
> C 10.50.50.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback4
> C 10.40.40.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback3
> C 10.30.30.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback2
> C 10.20.20.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback0
>
>
> And it asked what the router would do when destined to 172.16.2.0...
>
> The answer provided said that it would be dropped due to a static
> route to Null0 or something like that. The wording definitely
> specified "static".
>
> My answer was the packet would be null routed which means it will be
> dropped.
>
> I understand the necessity to explain what configuration caused by
> the route to Null0. This one is caused by an EIGRP summary address
> configured one the interface, not a static... Does anybody know why
> this route might be considered a static?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Johns
>
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Received on Sat Aug 29 2009 - 13:42:04 ART