Re: Two default gateways in one subnet

Thanks very much!

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
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The default gateway setting makes no difference to how machines on the
same segment communicate. If they are in the same IP subnet and on the
same segment they communicate directly "on the wire" using hardware (MAC)
addressing. The default gateway only comes into the picture if you try to
communicate with a device which is not local. The traffic then has to use
a router, and by default it uses (not surprisingly) the default router,
which is the one specified in the default gateway setting.

"tree leafs" <treeleafs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks and glad it will work, but what about the communication between
devices in two different sets ie. devices using router-1 and devices
using router-2? How can they talk each other?

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
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Yes, it will work. Each device will use the default gateway which is
configured on the device. If you are planning to use this as a way to
spread the load accross the two Internet connections, it will work.

If it works for you and does what you want, it is a good idea. If it
causes you any problems, then it is bad!

"tree leafs" <treeleafs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Is it possible (or good or bad) to use two default gateways in one
subnet.
This question is raised when we want to use two Internet (ADSL)
connections, each with an ADSL router.
Let's say, router-1 has a LAN IP1=192.168.16.x and router-2
IP2=192.168.16.y. If both routers connect to the LAN and some devices
configured to use IP1 to be the defualt gateway and others use IP2.

Can this work? and is it a good or bad idea?

Thaks in advance.










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