Charlie_Boy

Just wondering i have 4 Ethernet interfaces on my router and simply want to add a static route to E0/0, can i simply add this route in global config mode or do i need to add when in a specific interface mode. also can you add 1 route without losing all the other routes.

NotoriousREV

I'd add it in global

dsmith

add as many as you like (until config runs out of space )

routes are in global.

ip route <Network> <Mask> <Next Hop>

e.g.

ip route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2

in your case the "next hop" should of course be somewhere on the LAN directly connected to E0/0

Deano

BazH

But routings done between networks ur ethernet port should already know what's 'directly connected'

dsmith

of course but unless you're running a routing protocol (or divine intervention) it needs to know the next hop for a non-directly connected route. as there can be hundreds of ip addresses on an ethernet segment - it needs to know which one to forward packets to which are destined for the subnet you're routing.

Charlie_Boy

Thanks Dsmith, exactly what i wanted to know.