On Apr 7, 2013, at 18:47 , valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:25:30 -0700, Owen DeLong said: > >>> Presumably nothing, as long as you guaranteed that your IP address, netmask, >>> and routes actually match the reality of your network configuration. > >> They also cover the case where there are two (or more) routers on the >> network and you don't want to have to configure more specific routes >> on all your workstations. > > As I said - if your config (including routes) matches your network reality. > Note that the rest of your comment addresses the case where your initial > config > doesn't match reality... >
Not true. Reality is that the default router configured on the hosts is capable of getting the packets delivered. It's not optimal, but it is reality. Owen
