Default static route and Null 0

Question

Hi Everyone,
Need to clear some doubts  for below setup
Switch 3550A is connected to Internet Router and has OSPF nei relationship with it.
3550A#                      sh run int fa0/11
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 272 bytes
interface FastEthernet0/11
 description OSPF LAN Connection to 2691 Router Interface Fas 0/1
 no switchport
 ip address 192.168.5.2 255.255.255.254
sh ip route shows
3550A#sh ip route
Gateway of last resort is 192.168.5.3 to network 0.0.0.0
O*E2 0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 192.168.5.3, 20:39:56, FastEthernet0/11
3550A#
All is working fine.
For testing  purposes i config below static route on 3550A
ip default-network 192.168.1.0
ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 Null0
After above change
3550A#           sh ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
       D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
       N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
       E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
       i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
       ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
       o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route
Gateway of last resort is not set
S*   192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, Null0
O*E2 0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 192.168.5.3, 20:38:38, FastEthernet0/11
Now i can not ping to internet as below
3550A#ping 4.2.2.2
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 4.2.2.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
When we ping from Switch then source IP is always the Outside interface IP right?
So in this case Switch is using which IP as source?
 Ping to internet is not working as default network is set to 192.168.1.0 and all request goes to this IP and then it goes to
Null interface right?
Extended ping works fine as below
3550A#ping
Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 4.2.2.2
Repeat count [5]:
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands [n]: y
Source address or interface: 192.168.5.2
Type of service [0]:
Set DF bit in IP header? [no]:
Validate reply data? [no]:
Data pattern [0xABCD]:
Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]:
Sweep range of sizes [n]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 4.2.2.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
Packet sent with a source address of 192.168.5.2
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 76/79/80 ms
Second thing to confirm is this ping works because 192.168.5.2 is directly connected to Internet Router interface?
Regards
MAhesh

Answer 1

Hi Mahesh,
When we ping from Switch then source IP is always the Outside interface IP right?
That is correct.  By default it is always the outgoing interface on the device unless you specify it differently.
Ping to internet is not working as default network is set to 192.168.1.0 and all request goes to this IP and then it goes to
Null interface right?
That is correct. Null0 can't be used as next-hop.
Second thing to confirm is this ping works because 192.168.5.2 is directly connected to Internet Router interface?
No, that is because 192.168.5.0/30 is NATed. Remember 192.168.x.x address is a private segment and cannot access the Internet unless NAT is used.
HTH
Reza