Taking it even a step further, the more ideal solution is usually to adjust the weight of the static route to only kick in when the "primary" route is removed from the routing table via the routing protocol and leave the admin distance of the routing protocol as is.
*ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 1.1.1.1 250 <-- the distance can be set to whatever desired of course, to fit inside the routing environment as needed* Eric Day [email protected] On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Ken Wyan <[email protected]<[email protected]> > wrote: > I think object tracking is needed if destination point is outside your > control. > > Best is run a routing protocol & adjust it's admin distance to be lower > than that of static. > > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Maureen Maina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > object tracking that references ip sla seems to do the trick > > > > ip sla 1 > > icmp-echo 200.1.1.2 > > freq 10 > > ! > > ip sla schedule 1 start-ti now life fore > > ! > > track 10 rtr 1 > > ! > > ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 200.1.1.2 track 10 > > ! > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM, kpan gonty serge armel < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > You should track the link with an IP SLA. > > > Hope it helps, > > > Regards, > > > Sergent_02 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *De :* Maureen Maina <[email protected]> > > > *À :* IPexpert <[email protected]> > > > *Envoyé le :* Mardi 24 juillet 2012 8h09 > > > *Objet :* [OSL | CCIE_RS] floating static routes > > > > > > Hi All, > > > Ran into an interesting scenario where I was using a floating static > > route > > > to back up another route .Note however they use the same outgoing > > > interface. > > > > > > ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 200.1.1.2 > > > ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 200.1.1.3 15 > > > ! > > > > > > I went on to shut the interface with the ip add 200.1.1.2 expecting > the > > > 2nd route to kick in.It didnt. Unfortunately static routes are > recursive > > in > > > nature and the fact that a connected route to the 200.1.1.0 subnet > > remains > > > in the routing table prevented the failure of my first default route. > > > Any ideas as to how I can use a default route to 2 diff next-hops > within > > > the same subnet/link? > > > Probably tracking:-) > > > Rgds, > > > Mo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > please > > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > > > www.PlatinumPlacement.com <http://www.platinumplacement.com/> > > > > > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > > www.PlatinumPlacement.com <http://www.platinumplacement.com/> > > > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > -- Eric Day [email protected] _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
