Static Routes
We all agree that Dynamic Routing is simply great, but sometime you require to configure Static Routes as they will be your only go-to option.
There are multiple kinds of Static Routes which can be used to solve and/or avoid specific network problems. Usually both Static and Dynamic Routing are combined and used hand in hand in many situations as explained earlier.
This module will explain Static Routing further…
Types of Static Routes
Static routes are somehow always used on a network, even if a Dynamic Routing Protocol is configured, like for example a Default Static Route can be configured on a network to the ISP and such Route can be advertised to other corporate Routers within a company using the Dynamic Routing Protocol.
Static Routes can be configured for both IPv4 and Ipv6, and both can support the following types of Static Routes:
- Standard static route
- Default static route
- Floating static route
- Summary static route
Next-Hop Options
When configuring a Static Route, the next-hop can be identified via an IP Address, Exit Interface or even both of them. Depending on how the destination is specified, one of the following 3 types of static route will be created:
| Next-Hop Route |
| Created when only the Next-Hop IP Address is specified |
| Directly Connected Static Route |
| Created when only the Router Exit Interface is specified |
| Fully Specified Static Route |
| Created when both of the above options (Next-Hop IP Address and Router Exit Interface) are specified |