User Guide

Protocols 73
Place Book Title Here
Place Part Number Here
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
from end nodes. End nodes use it to locate a gateway on their network. To
configure Router Discovery, see “Configuring Router Discovery” on page 76.
Comparing Different Default Gateway Configuration Methods
The table below explains the implications of using different methods for
configuring multiple default gateways and describes the priorities associated
with each method.
Table 3 Comparison of Default Gateway Configuration Methods
Configuration
Method Used to Add
Multiple Default
Gateways
Metric or Cost Assigned to Default Gateway
Better Than the Cost of
Current Default Gateway
Equal to the Cost of Current
Default Gateway
Worse Than the Cost of
Current Default Gateway
Using INETCFG to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 71)
Will be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will be made the default
gateway.
Will not be made the
default gateway, but entry
will be added to the
Default Gateway list.
Will not be made the
default gateway, but entry
will be added to the
Default Gateway list.
Using BIND to Add
a Default Gateway
(page 71)
Will be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will be made the default
gateway.
Will not be made the
default gateway, but entry
will be added to the
Default Gateway list.
Will not be made the
default gateway, but entry
will be added to the
Default Gateway list.
Using TCPCON to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 72)
Will be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will be made the default
gateway.
Will be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will be made the default
gateway.
Will not be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will not be made the
default gateway.
Configuring RIP to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 72)
Will be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will be made the default
gateway.
Will not be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will not be made the
default gateway.
Will not be added to the
Default Gateway list and
will not be made the
default gateway.
Configuring Router
Discovery to Add a
Default Gateway
(page 72)
Has the least priority. Will
be added to the Default
Gateway list but will not be
made the default gateway
until the default gateways
added through INETCFG,
TCPCON, BIND, or RIP
are absent.
Has the least priority. Will
be added to the Default
Gateway list but will not be
made the default gateway
until the default gateways
added through INETCFG,
TCPCON, BIND, or RIP
are absent.
Has the least priority. Will
be added to the Default
Gateway list but will not be
made the default gateway
until the default gateways
added through INETCFG,
TCPCON, BIND, or RIP
are absent.