"Michael L. Williams" wrote: > > "Paul Lalonde" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > but > > routing out via an Ethernet interface will likely just *drop* the packet > > onto that broadcast domain (subnet) without pointing it to a specific next > > hop. > > This raises an interesting question: If you try to make a static route that > routes out an ethernet interface (multi-access medium), does the router send > the frame to the Layer 2 broadcast address? If so, then if there is another > router somewhere on that segment, wouldn't it hear and route the packet > properly, or would it see it as a layer 2 broadcast and it not go any > further? > One might think that a static route to a broadcast interface type would be ambiguous for layer 2, and it is. But what IOS does in that case is just ARP for the destination IP and hope it gets an answer. It will work, but only if some other adjacent router will perform a proxy ARP reply. Use "debug arp" to observe this. I used this trick several years ago when I didn't want to run a routing protocol on one interface and there were quite a number of potential next hops (long story).
As for the original question... I compared the supplied config to mine and it should work, but then I have Comcast, not Roadrunner. I agree with Paul Lalonde -- just let the router learn the default route via DHCP (it works for me). Once you get it working, you'll want to add some things like an inbound ACL, pass the domain name to your internal DHCP clients, possibly extend the internal DHCP lease time, etc. - Marty Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42781&t=42762 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
