Thursday, 29 March 2012

Specifying a Default Route or Gateway of Last Resort


Specifying a Default Route or Gateway of Last Resort 

 

 


DETAILED STEPS


 
Command or Action
Purpose
Step 1 
enable
Example:
Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2 
configure terminal
Example:
Router# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3 
ip routing
Example:
Router(config)# ip routing
Enables IP routing.
Step 4 
ip route dest-prefix mask next-hop-ip-address [admin-distance] [permanent]
Example:
Router(config)# ip route 192.168.24.0 255.255.255.0 172.28.99.2
Establishes a static route.
Step 5 
ip default-network network-number
or
ip route dest-prefix mask next-hop-ip-address
Example:
Router(config)# ip default-network 192.168.24.0
Example:
Router(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.28.99.1
Selects a network as a candidate route for computing the gateway of last resort.
Creates a static route to network 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 for computing the gateway of last resort.
Step 6 
end
Example:
Router(config)# end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7 
show ip route
Example:
Router# show ip route
Displays the current routing table information.
Verify that the gateway of last resort is set.

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