Daniel Cotts wrote: > > Not an issue of errata but of reading a little further. > If there is a default static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.2 > and RIP on the router then: > that router will use the static as its gateway of last resort > and RIP will > advertise that route to its neighbors. > For IGRP and EIGRP see Doyle p 756 > "Default routing is somewhat different for IGRP and EIGRP. > These protocols > do not understand the address 0.0.0.0. Rather, they advertise > an actual > address as an external route...." > Use the ip default-network command to create that route. > ip default-network 10.0.1.0 (or whatever - plus in EIGRP one > can add a mask) > The router on which that is configured will advertise that > route to its > neighbors.
Will IGRP and EIGRP do this automatically or do they need default-information originate, I wonder? It's probably not worth testing on my routers because they are so old they won't take a recent IOS version. When I get back to my work lab I could test it, but that won't be until September. (The academic life has some advantages. :-) Priscilla > See also "EIGRP Network Design Solutions" page 219-223 > (It appears the book is out of print. There are a few available > on Amazon.) > So - the sentence in Doyle p 753 "After a default route is > identified in the > routing table, RIP, IGRP, and EIGRP will automatically > advertise it." - is > true as long as we understand that "default route" means > different things > for RIP vs EIGRP. No redistribution commands are used. > > Now - the original point of this thread was 'has the treatment > of default > routes - particularly by RIP - changed in newer versions of > IOS?' Some weeks > ago I did some testing and did not find any change (used 11.1 > through 12.2). > However, I seem to remember some discussion by Chuck and others > in the past > on this subject. I haven't searched the archives - so am open > to anyone > proving otherwise. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > But, alas, this didn't work on IGRP or EIGRP. > > > > So if anyone has a good errata for Doyle, Volume I, is this > in it? > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72489&t=72211 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
