Cisco Systems IP CLASSLESS not working

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IP CLASSLESS not working Max 05-06-08
Posted by Max on May 6, 2008, 2:54 pm
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Hi everyone.

I have a problem concerning 'IP CLASSLESS' on cisco routers
I have quite a lot of vpn tunnels with IP CLASSLESS enabled on the
router and some that it is not enabled.
i have noticed that there are some application that i'm using that are
not working fine when it's not enabled.
i've tried to enable it on those routers but it doesn't seem to change
anything.
i typed 'IP CLASSLESS' and when i look in the running config it's
nowhere

for example:
cisco 871w with IOS Version 12.4 = no IP CLASSLESS = not working ( but
i don't seem to be able to enable it)
cisco 851 with IOS Version 12.3 = IP CLASSLESS enabled = works fine

any explanation?

Posted by News Reader on May 6, 2008, 7:28 pm
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Max wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I have a problem concerning 'IP CLASSLESS' on cisco routers
> I have quite a lot of vpn tunnels with IP CLASSLESS enabled on the
> router and some that it is not enabled.
> i have noticed that there are some application that i'm using that are
> not working fine when it's not enabled.
> i've tried to enable it on those routers but it doesn't seem to change
> anything.
> i typed 'IP CLASSLESS' and when i look in the running config it's
> nowhere
>
> for example:
> cisco 871w with IOS Version 12.4 = no IP CLASSLESS = not working ( but
> i don't seem to be able to enable it)
> cisco 851 with IOS Version 12.3 = IP CLASSLESS enabled = works fine
>
> any explanation?

There are numerous commands that do not show up in the configuration
file when set to their default state. Furthermore, the default may
change from one IOS release to another, as well as whether they show up
when configured to their default state.

The behavior of "Default Routing" is very much dependent on the setting
of "IP Classless", and is likely the functional issue you have observed.

Best Regards,
News Reader

Posted by Paul Matthews on May 7, 2008, 3:40 am
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Max wrote:

>i typed 'IP CLASSLESS' and when i look in the running config it's
>nowhere

On by default.To prove it, try "no ip classless" and watch that appear.
--
Paul Matthews CCIE #4063
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Posted by Merv on May 7, 2008, 4:46 am
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AFAIK these commands are a special case of what is displayed by show
running-config; typically default commands are not displayed.

Both of the commands "ip classless" and "no ip classless" will show up
in output of sh running-config.

At least this is the behavior with IOS 12.3


Posted by Merv on May 7, 2008, 8:04 am
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Please post output of show version from the 871W


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