Warning message

[farzadap]

Why do I sometimes receive this warning message "%Default route without gateway, if not a point-to-point interface, may impact performance" when I configure a directly connected static route? For example:

R1(config-if)#ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 s0/0/0

%Default route without gateway, if not a point-to-point interface, may impact performance

[balaji.bandi]

until we see your full configuration and show ip route ( may be not in a postion to comment, how that impact)

learning community have good thread :

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D53i00000Kt6Ez/a-few-question-on-default-route

[Seb Rupik · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

I wrote a blog post about it, take a look:

https://cs7networks.co.uk/2022/01/10/static-route-next-hop/

They key take away is that without a next-hop you are going to have a lot of ARP.

cheers,

Seb.