Just being picky, but I can't see how static routing would give you faster
traffic transmission than dynamic routing. The router still looks into the
routing table and finds a route for the first process-switched packet. From
then on it uses the fast-switching cache, (unless configured not to do so.)
But just because it's a static route instead of a dynamic route doesn't
make it any faster.
Static routing uses less bandwidth because no routing updates are sent, but
that's a different concern. Also, dynamic routing protocols can be slow to
converge when problems occur, but fast-converging protocols such as EIGRP
and OSPF wouldn't have this problem. Also, if you just have single links
and no redundancy, there's nothing to converge to anyway.
Static routes will work but could get cumbersome to configure and maintain
as your network grows. Also, do the branch offices just need to get to the
central office, or do the branches talk to each other? If so, a default
route or a routing protocol might be a better option to avoid having to
specify each network.
Priscilla
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: jeongwoo park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: jeongwoo park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: static route question ??
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 07:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>HI all.
>Situation:
>There is a central site in San Francisco, and four
>branches around Bay area.
>Since static route gives us faster traffic
>transmission, would it be the most desirable way to
>configure static route on all routers, regardless
>whether it is a central site router or branch office
>router?
>If not, why not?
>
>Thanks in adv.
>
>jeongwoo
>
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