Hi, The reason for this is that although RIP treats these two networks as separate entries residing on the SAME physical link, only the PRIMARY address is used to send the packets. In other words, the 2ndary networks are reliant on the primary address for delivering the packets. 2ndaries are used solely for reachability issues in discontiguous networks which is a problem for pure Distance-Vector protocols. Consider the debug output... MC3810b#trace 192.168.83.244
Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to 192.168.83.244 1 192.168.12.195 4 msec * 0 msec 2 192.168.83.244 12 msec * * MC3810b#trace 10.33.55.1 Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to 10.33.55.1 1 192.168.12.195 8 msec 4 msec 4 msec 2 192.168.83.244 8 msec 09:33:24: ICMP: time exceeded rcvd from 192.168.12.195 09:33:24: ICMP: time exceeded rcvd from 192.168.12.195 09:33:24: ICMP: time exceeded rcvd from 192.168.12.195 09:33:24: ICMP: dst (192.168.12.196) port unreachable rcv from 192.168.83.244 * 4 msec MC3810b# 09:33:27: ICMP: dst (192.168.12.196) port unreachable rcv from 192.168.83.244 MC3810b#trace 10.33.55.1 Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to 10.33.55.1 1 192.168.12.195 4 msec 0 msec 4 msec 2 192.168.83.244 8 msec * 4 msec MC3810b# 09:32:04: ICMP: echo reply rcvd, src 10.33.55.1, dst 192.168.12.196 09:32:04: ICMP: echo reply rcvd, src 10.33.55.1, dst 192.168.12.196 09:32:04: ICMP: echo reply rcvd, src 10.33.55.1, dst 192.168.12.196 09:32:04: ICMP: echo reply rcvd, src 10.33.55.1, dst 192.168.12.196 09:32:04: ICMP: echo reply rcvd, src 10.33.55.1, dst 192.168.12.196 Also, examine the entries in the routing table... MC3810b#sh ip route 10.33.55.1 Routing entry for 10.33.48.0/20 Known via "rip", distance 120, metric 1 Redistributing via rip Last update from 10.33.75.1 on Ethernet0, 00:00:15 ago Routing Descriptor Blocks: * 10.33.75.1, from 10.33.75.1, 00:00:15 ago, via Ethernet0 Route metric is 1, traffic share count is 1 MC3810b#sh ip route 192.168.83.244 Routing entry for 192.168.83.0/24 Known via "rip", distance 120, metric 1 Redistributing via rip Last update from 10.33.75.1 on Ethernet0, 00:00:02 ago Routing Descriptor Blocks: * 192.168.12.195, from 192.168.12.195, 00:00:02 ago, via Ethernet0 Route metric is 1, traffic share count is 1 10.33.75.1, from 10.33.75.1, 00:00:02 ago, via Ethernet0 Route metric is 1, traffic share count is 1 I hope this answers your question. Take care. Elmer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 5:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: jeff's routing tcp/ip v1 question [7:61360] For Jeff's routing tcp/ip V1 book, page 214 and 215 . There is a secondly ip address , for rip version 1 because of the discontinues 10.0.0.0. So why there is only one route to 10.33.48.0 , and two route to 192.168.83.0 in the routing table of Ernest_T ? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=61643&t=61360 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]