What is difference between default route and network route?

[Kaleem33]

i know about default route if packets not for your network then you can send it to your default route but i am not getting about network route what is this?

[johnd2310]

Hi,

A default route is just a special network route. A network route tells you how to get to a specific network. A default route tells you how to get to everything else we have not specified.

e.g.

ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.2 --> to get to network 192.168.1.0/24 go via 192.168.2.2

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.2 --> to get to all networks for which we have no specific route go via 192.168.3.2

Thanks

John

[Kaleem33]

you are saying that:

if you wanna go to any unknown networks you use default route like this: ip
route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.2

but if wanna go to any specific network you use network route like this: ip
route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.2

am i right?

[johnd2310 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

if you wanna go to any unknown networks you use default route like this: ip
route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.2

but if wanna go to 192.168.1.0/24 network you use network route like this: ip
route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.2

[Kaleem33]

thank your for help and quick response:)