Comparing Different Default Gateway Configuration Methods - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Comparing Different Default Gateway Configuration Methods

Table 3
Configuration
Method Used to Add
Multiple Default
Gateways
Using INETCFG to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 71)
Using BIND to Add
a Default Gateway
(page 71)
Using TCPCON to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 72)
Configuring RIP to
Add a Default
Gateway (page 72)
Configuring Router
Discovery to Add a
Default Gateway
(page 72)
from end nodes. End nodes use it to locate a gateway on their network. To
configure Router Discovery, see
The table below explains the implications of using different methods for
configuring multiple default gateways and describes the priorities associated
with each method.
Comparison of Default Gateway Configuration Methods
Metric or Cost Assigned to Default Gateway
Better Than the Cost of
Current Default Gateway
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 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.
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.
"Configuring Router Discovery" on page
Equal to the Cost of Current
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.
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.
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.
Worse Than the Cost of
Current 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.
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.
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.
Protocols
76.
73