E-Lab 6.1.2a - Static Route Operation
In this lab, creating a static route will be examined.
Static routes are used in many networks for a variety of reasons including less CPU overhead and routes of last resort.
Step 1
Enter into privileged EXEC mode.
Step 2
Now enter into global configuration mode.
Step 3
Configuration of static routes is done in global configuration mode.
In this lab, create a static route to direct all traffic destined for network 172.16.3.0/24 to use the next hop address of 192.168.2.1 with a distance value of 255.
The 255 will make this route the least desirable so that it will only be used when all other routes are unavailiable.
This type of route is called a floating static route.
It floats in the router memory, but is not added to the routing table until all other toutes are unavailable.
Use the ip route command to configure this static route.