Thanks, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. I guess it doesn't hurt to put admin distance on the default route just in case if another default route is advertised via a dynamic routing protocol. I got it now. Thanks again. ""Erick B."" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > If it's the only route to that destination, then it > doesn't really matter what the admin distance (or > cost) is for the route. > > Perhaps, he was saying this because you may have a > dynamic routing protocol (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, etc) that > advertises a default route that uses another next-hop. > In this case, a static route using BRI with default > cost would cause all traffic destined to the default > route to use the BRI, no matter if primary line was > up. Or perhaps, just as a safety net in case one is > used in future. > > Erick > > --- Johnzaggat wrote: > > Is there ever a need to have a single floating > > static default route. Does it > > really matter if it's floating or not because since > > it's the only static > > route it will always be used. I am talking in > > context to using it with Bri > > as backup to the main link. One of the colleagues at > > work was insisting on > > use floating static route for the Bri backup and I > > really couldn't make any > > sense of it. Can some one clear this up for me. > > Thanks > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com
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