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The default route as configured in a Cisco router is as shown below:

Gateway of last resort is 103.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0

What I have came across so far is that the gateway of last resort is configured to a specific IP address such as 172.16.2.1. In this case where it is a network address, does the router choose the most specific route with lowest administrative distancemetric as the default route IP address? Does this also mean that the default route may change depending on the destination IP address?

The default route as configured in a Cisco router is as shown below:

Gateway of last resort is 103.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0

What I have came across so far is that the gateway of last resort is configured to a specific IP address such as 172.16.2.1. In this case where it is a network address, does the router choose the most specific route with lowest administrative distance as the default route IP address? Does this also mean that the default route may change depending on the destination IP address?

The default route as configured in a Cisco router is as shown below:

Gateway of last resort is 103.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0

What I have came across so far is that the gateway of last resort is configured to a specific IP address such as 172.16.2.1. In this case where it is a network address, does the router choose the most specific route with lowest metric as the default route IP address? Does this also mean that the default route may change depending on the destination IP address?

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What does it mean when default route is to a network address?

The default route as configured in a Cisco router is as shown below:

Gateway of last resort is 103.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0

What I have came across so far is that the gateway of last resort is configured to a specific IP address such as 172.16.2.1. In this case where it is a network address, does the router choose the most specific route with lowest administrative distance as the default route IP address? Does this also mean that the default route may change depending on the destination IP address?