ip route command

[Manoj Wadhwa]

Hi Friends,

Just would like to know what is the diffrence between the command "ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0" and "ip route 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255" ??

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Manoj

[massimiliano.serafino]

Hi,

if you use ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 you insert in the routing table a default route.

instead if you use 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 you insert in the routing table only the route toward host 0.0.0.0

I hope this helps.

Best regards.

Massimiliano.

[Manoj Wadhwa]

Hi Massimiliano,

Thanks for the reply. Since there is no host with ip 0.0.0.0, does it mean that this command ip route 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 does not have any impact ?

Regards,

Manoj

[Richard Burts]

Manoj

Since there should not be a host with address 0.0.0.0 then the route to 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 would never be used.

HTH

Rick