Simple ping question

[bnorton916]

Let's say I have two Ethernet interfaces on my router. One is given a 192.168.1 address and the other 192.168.2 address.

No default route or static route has been setup.

I then ping say 172.16.1.1

What does the router do? Does it just pick one interface to send the ping out on or not try at all??

 

[vipergg]

You don't really give us enough info to even give an answer. Is the router running a dynamic routing protocol or static routes . Router will do nothing as there is nothing in the table to tell it where to send it if neither is setup.

 

[bnorton916]

You answered my question. There is nothing setup except basic ip address and no shutdown.(test lab)

I was just surprised that when I ping'd it still took 10 secs for the 5 pings to timeout. If it is not going to send the ping out at all why bother with the timeouts?

Now I can think of reasons why this might happen but at first I was surprised.

Thanks,

Bill