As I understand it, connected routes have 1 weight and OSPF routes have
110 weight. Now what happens in a case where I have a /24 ospf route (e2) being learned on a device and I put a static route that is /23 (which should cover that /24 route that I learn via ospf) what takes over then?I have this setup but can't really screw with production environment to try this or I'd do that before posting.
anyone?
Longest mask length ALWAYS wins.
Who needs Cisco documentation? That rule is one of the fundamental rules of IP routing. Look it up in any book on routing.
Absolutely correct. But, just in case the OP is still looking...
google administrative distance site:cisco.com route selection site:cisco.com
It's not just that, it's that we're comparing two different things. The administrative distance (the weight the OP refers to) is used to decide which routing protocol to take a routing table entry from - if the same prefix (same value, same prefix length) is learned in two different protocols the better admin distance is chosen. Once routes are installed in the table then longest match decides which entry is used to route the packet. Prefixes of two different lengths don't conflict when it comes to admin distance.
Sam
I agree with Sam. During the Route selection process, longest prefix matched is prefered. If the prefix length is same then admin distance is compared.
Regards
Manohar
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