On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
Ralph, how do you intend on getting traffic *OUT* of this subnet? Static arp entries on all the hosts? Proxy arp? It seems like that would be a lot more work and much more failure prone in the long run.
What, you don't use a static default route on your end hosts? Are you one of those crazy types that run RIP on your IIS/NT servers?
Stop. You're the one who wants one router (probably an original default route for your hosts) to tell other connected routers about new subnets on an existing segment. If you already have one router on the subnet and you're adding a second router, what do you care about static defaults? You're almost asking a dynamic routing protocol to insert a magical HSRP configuration into any adjacent routers. Wake up and stop dreaming. Besides the fact that you're asking a layer 3 protocol to handle your layer 2 and layer 1 issues, you're asking a layer 3 protocol to do magic reconfiguration. Dangerous stuff, as soon as someone on that network finds out what sort of havoc they can create. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr., CCNP, CCDP Networking Consultant On-Line Internet Services - URDirect.net A division of Global On-Line Computers 5606 Randolph Blvd templin@urdirect.net San Antonio, TX 78233 (210)692-9911