Cisco Systems 1900 Series manual Specifying a Default Route Example

Chapter 5 Configuring the Router

Performing the Initial Configuration on the Router

	Command or Action		Purpose
Step 4	ip route dest-prefix mask next-hop-ip-address		Establishes a static route.
	[admin-distance] [permanent]
	Example:
	Router(config)# ip route 192.168.24.0
	255.255.255.0	172.28.99.2
Step 5
	ip default-network network-number		Selects a network as a candidate route for computing the
	or		gateway of last resort.
	ip route dest-prefix mask next-hop-ip-address		Creates a static route to network 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 for
	Example:		computing the gateway of last resort.

Router(config)# ip default-network 192.168.24.0

	Example:
	Router(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
	172.28.99.1
Step 6
	end	Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
	Example:
	Router(config)# end
Step 7
	show ip route	Displays the current routing table information.
		• Verify that the gateway of last resort is set.
	Example:
	Router# show ip route

Examples

Specifying a Default Route: Example

!

ip routing

!

ip route 192.168.24.0 255.255.255.0 172.28.99.2

!

ip default-network 192.168.24.0

!

Sample Output for the show ip route Command

Router# show ip route

Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP

D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area

E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP

i- IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default Gateway of last resort is 172.28.99.2 to network 192.168.24.0

172.24.0.0 255.255.255.0 is subnetted, 1 subnets

C172.24.192.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet0

S 172.24.0.0 255.255.0.0 [1/0] via 172.28.99.0

S*	192.168.24.0 [1/0] via 172.28.99.2
	172.16.0.0 255.255.255.0 is subnetted, 1 subnets

C172.16.99.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet1

Router#

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