Re: Multiple Routers on 1 Subnet

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On Friday 31 January 2003 16:02, Jefferson Cowart wrote:
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> I have a network that has 2 routers both of which function as default
> gateways for the subnet (192.168.2.1 and 192.168.2.2).

You cannot have two default routers on a subnet. One of the key things in the 
concept of 'default' is that there is one (and only one) choice.

> I would like to
> be able to give both of them out in a dhcp response. I tried just
> listing both IP addresses in the option routers config line but the
> server didn't like that. Is there anyway I can give out multiple
> addresses for routing?

What you probably want is some kind of backup/standby router, which takes over 
when the main router fails for some reason. You can achieve this with the 
'Hot-Swappable Router Protocol' (use Google with these four words) or 
something similar. This is outside the scope of DHCP.

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