Re: Gateway of last resort [7:31997]

2002-01-15 Thread Steven A. Ridder
I understand the gateway of last resort to be the destination of where the traffic should be forwarded. Hence gateway, not "local interface of last resort" :) It really dosen't matter if on a point-to-point network, because you'd forward the traffic out the interface and the other side would pi

RE: Gateway of last resort [7:31997]

2002-01-15 Thread Kent Hundley
David, If you point a routers GLR to its interface, the router will issue an arp request for any destination that is unknown, even devices that are not on a connected segment. (this is the same behavior that most host OSes exhibit if you point their DG to their own IP) For this to work, you must