Thanks Ben. That was my thinking. I guess I read too much into the authors chapter and confused myself.
On 12/29/08, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> wrote: >> This one chapter implies (key word) that static routing can't be >> used with classless networks. > > To the best of my knowledge: > > Generically, "static routing" just means manually configured routes, > i.e., not using a dynamic routing protocol like RIP, BGP, etc. Any > time you manually define a route (e.g., on NT, using the ROUTE ADD > command, or even just configuring a default gateway), you're doing > static routing. So just about everything you can do with IP, you can > do with static routing. Certainly classless routing (CIDR/VLSM) can > be done with static routing. > > For implementation-specific definitions of "static routing", that > statement might be true, but I'd call that a limitation of the > implementation, and a rather severe one at that. (In other words, > somebody's router sucks.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
