Re: Where does the default gateway belong?

2000-08-25 Thread Michael Fountain
It can be done :) We have a pair of Cat5K's with RSM blades in our core that do a large part of our routing. > >Greetings, > >We're having a discussion at work on the merits of moving the default >gateway from our router to our switch. In a nutshell, we have multiple IP >subnets and 2 route

Re: Where does the default gateway belong?

2000-08-25 Thread Erick B.
Hi, Typically, the workstations default gateway will be the router interface for the subnet they are on. It can be another IP beyond a router/routing switch, etc but if the route between them and this gateway is lost then they are stuck. It is suggested to do it the first way which is easy and lo

Re: Where does the default gateway belong?

2000-08-24 Thread John Neiberger
The default gateway, by definition, is the next-hop step to non-local networks, which would have to be the nearest device performing layer-3 routing, whether it's a router or layer-3 switch. This device must be directly attached to the local network. If your router is connected to this LAN direc

Where does the default gateway belong?

2000-08-24 Thread Bob & Karen Timmons
Greetings,   We're having a discussion at work on the merits of moving the default gateway from our router to our switch.  In a nutshell, we have multiple IP subnets and 2 routers with secondary addresses.  I understand that the 'Cisco way' is to readdress so as to not have multiple IP subne