ospf and multiple static routes

Aug 04, 2006 3 Replies
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what wins? static route or static route learned ospf E2 (both has same metric)



my understanding is that static route that I put in by hand wins and if that fails it goes to the E2 learned OSPF correct?



The static route.

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Yes. Static routes have admin distance of 1 and will win over OSPF routes.

Doan

There is also a form of static route known as a floating static router on which you configure the admin distance that the static route should have.

By default static routes have an admin distance of 1 so they are preferred over all other routes other than connected wihich have an admin distance of 0 and ALWAYS win.

Floating static routes are useful in a number of scenarios including backup

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