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In a router, what is default route used for?

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Question added by Fady Victor , Senior Technical Support , Etisalat
Date Posted: 2016/04/29
Sanjay Modha
by Sanjay Modha , Engineer - IT Infrastructure , Cooperstandard automotive private limited

If you are configure internet on router use default route otherwise if you have small scal business you can use default routing, its no prevation other network packet.

Zubair Asvat
by Zubair Asvat , Senior Manager - IT services and support , Surestrat LTD

It is a route, where all packets are forwarded to when no specific route can be determined for a provide IP destination address

Deleted user
by Deleted user

the default route in a router that is where all packets are routed to send or receive

Ruben Jr Dela Peña
by Ruben Jr Dela Peña , Senior Technical Consultant , Resolution IT MEA DMCC

In Cisco router, default routes are static and are also referred to as the gateway of last resort. a default route is a route a device sends traffic to if no other options exists, it's their last attempt to get the data to its destination.

sagar Nadgunde
by sagar Nadgunde , NOC Network Administrator , Talent Anywhere Pvt. Ltd

The default route is used to forward packet to unknown destination by implementing route policy.

IBNIDRIS MOAWIA
by IBNIDRIS MOAWIA , Fixed Network Access Engineer - Field Op , Sudatel telecomm' group

The default route is used for forwarding unicast packets from the source which is (any IP address have any subnet mask) to its destination or next hop .

 

 

router used default route inbound and outbound traffice allow and used for indirectly route.

Vipin wilson
by Vipin wilson , Network Engineer , Utico

a default route for any networks to which the ASA is not directly connected

Inam Sofi
by Inam Sofi , Technical Associate , Concentrix - India

The answer can be different according to the implications.

As stated by previous commentators, network specificity is ignored and thus any packet from any source passing through can be router to the next router that should be either the only or the preferred direction for the flow of all data. On the other hand, it can also be used to minimize the routes in a routing table and thus an option for optimization for routing tables.

 

Similarly, it can also be used in hardware that have limited resources (RAM/CPU) and can help retain it for a certain more amount of time.

Osman Mohammed
by Osman Mohammed , Network Engineer , AT&T Customer Data Center

used for unknown destinations

Hussein Khalil
by Hussein Khalil , Sr. Network Administrator , Capitaland

the default route usedwhen no specific route can be determined for a given network

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