Setting The Default Route - 3Com LANPLEX 6000 User Manual

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Top-Level Menu
system
interface
ethernet
fddi route display
tokenring arp static
bridge remove
rip
flush
ip ping
statistics default
snmp
analyzer noDefault
script
logout

Setting the Default Route

The default route is used by the switching module to forward packets that
do not match any other routing table entry. A switching module can learn a
default route using RIP, or you can configure a default route statically.
If a switching module's routing table does not contain a default route —
either statically configured or learned using RIP — then it cannot forward a
packet that does not match any other routing table entry. If this occurs,
then the module drops the packet and sends an ICMP "destination
unreachable" message to the host that sent the packet to notify it of the
problem.
To statically configure the default route:
1 From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:
ip route default
2 Enter the slot of the switching module for which you want to set a default
route.
3 Enter the gateway IP address of the route.
The default route is immediately added to the routing table.
Removing the Default Route
To remove a default route:
1 From the Administration Console top-level menu, enter:
ip route noDefault
2 Enter the slot of the switching module for which you want to remove the
default route.
The default route is immediately removed from the routing table.
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