Configuring a default route

A default route is typically used on a gateway or router to an internet, or on a gateway or router that uses another routing protocol, whose routes are not reported to other local gateways or routers.

To configure a route to a default destination, add a default route using the IPROUTE statement in the NCP generation definition. For example, if the default destination router has a gateway address 9.67.112.1, an IPROUTE statement might look like:

    IPROUTE  DESTADDR=0.0.0.0,NEXTADDR=9.67.112.1,INTFACE=TR88,
             METRIC=1,DISP=PERM

An easier way would be to use the passive route definition specified in the NCPROUTE gateways data set for the NCP client. For example, the gateways entry would look like:

    net 0.0.0.0 gateway 9.67.112.1 metric 1 passive

Only one default route to a destination gateway or router can be specified. For an NCP client, NCPROUTE currently does not support multiple default routes.