quick routing question 1

[gfunk123]

quick question

if you have a routing table (NT4) with a static route added and for some reason the resource at the end of the static route should fail (Or any of the routing devices that get it there), will the packets go down the default gateway instead. As far as I can work out, because a static route exists in the table, it doesnt care if it works or not, it'll only try that one route. Does anybody know how I can get around this problem, as I do not have access to the default gateway device (cisco router) to add routes, change priorities etc

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[jimbopalmer]

Correct, there usually is no failover in a static route, my Nortel Accelars have a table to choose a static route, so failures are not as disruptive, but it is a kludge.

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[Comstocb]

I don't believe there is any method of route redundancy in windows. You need to have the redundancy in the routing and switching equipment en-route. I am no NT expert so maybe there is a way if the machine has multiple interfaces on seperate networks.

Brian

 

[manarth]

The buzzword here is RIP (morbid, no?) - Routing Information Protocol.

This is the protocol that passes info around the net about routes going up & down.

No idea how to set it up / utilise it in your LAN environment though.

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[jimbopalmer]

if you get a choice, I prefer OSPF to RIP, as OSPF better judges the speed of the wire.

RIP will choose one hop of wireless over two hops of gigabit fiber, OSPF relaizes speed maters more than hops and will choose the gigabit, and only fall back to the wireless when needed, both are better than static, which does not fall back at all.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.