> Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com> wrote:
>
> >You dont need to set up a default route to the learned address. The
> >default route is used as last resort.
>
> A last resort? As opposed to what? A connection from my local
> net to the Internet should always be defined by means of a default
> route, no?
Once a point to point connection is made, it adds the route in the routing
table from the router to the remote location. The default route is what to
try if it does not have any routes in the routing table.
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Jake Messinger 713-772-6690 jake@ams.com
Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. jake@uh.edu
8300 Bissonnet #400 fax: 713-774-3498
Houston, Texas 77074 http://www.ams.com/~jake
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