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Static Routing

Static routes cannot respond to things like bandwidth, delay, load, or reliability.

These routes are a choice where there is no alternative path.

Config

Normal Route

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1

Floating Static

Maybe the network already has a default route from an IGP like OSPFv2.

Since the OSPFv2 route is already present this won’t be installed.

We call that floating.

!
! 225 is a higher administrative distance than EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, iBGP, and eBGP.
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 225

References

Static Routing - IP Routing Configuration Guide, IOS-XE 17.x - Cisco

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