Static Route

What is Static route and how it is configured ??

Hello Everybody, We are discussing about the Staic route and routing and here is the topic called "What is Static route and how it is Configured?"

Let's start with the Static route

Static route
Manually Configured route from Source to destination is called Static routing.

Uses of Static route

Static routing can be used to define an exit point from a router when no other routes are avaliable or necessary. This is called a default route

Static routing can be used for small networks that require only one or two routes. This is often more efficient since a link is not being wasted by exchanging dynamic routing information.

Static routing is often used in complementary with dynamic routing to provide a failsafe backup in the event that a dynamic route is unavaliable.

Static routing is often used to help transfer routing information from one routing protocol to another (routing redistribution).

 

Configuring Static route with Example

To configure a static route to network 10.10.20.0/24, pointing to a next-hop router with the IP address of 192.168.100.1, type: (Note that this example is written in the Cisco IOS command line syntax and will only work on certain Cisco routers)

WAY-1

Destination network	10.10.20.0
subnet	255.255.255.0
next-hop	192.168.100.1

Router(config)# ip route 10.10.20.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1

WAY-2
The other option is to define a static route with reference to the outgoing interface which is connected to the next hop towards the destination network.

Destination network	10.10.20.0
subnet	255.255.255.0
next-hop	Serial interface 0/0 (local exit)

Router(config)# ip route 10.10.20.0 255.255.255.0 Serial 0/0

Hope it clears a little bit about static routing. We will further discuss on the same.


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