Win-98 TCP/IP settings - multiple gateway entries allowed?
 

The gateway list box in the TCP/IP settings seems to allow the user to
add multiple entries, with no indication of what rules are applied to
their use if multiple entries exist.

Some ad-hoc experimentation seems to indicate that if even just two
entries exist (one of them a known-good working gateway) that internet
connectivity is not achieved unless the non-working entry is removed.

Comments?

Win-98 TCP/IP settings - multiple gateway entries allowed?
 

On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:06:09 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:

Some ad-hoc experimentation seems to indicate that if even just two
entries exist (one of them a known-good working gateway) that internet
connectivity is not achieved unless the non-working entry is removed.

Comments?

Is the known good working gateway the one with the lower metric and it
still doesn't work?

I don't know how good win98 is at dead gateway detection but the
theory is if the one with the lower metric is detected as dead (might
take a minute or two) then the default gateway will switch to the one
with the second lowest metric.


Jim.

Win-98 TCP/IP settings - multiple gateway entries allowed?
 

On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:06:09 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:

Some ad-hoc experimentation seems to indicate that if even just two
entries exist (one of them a known-good working gateway) that internet
connectivity is not achieved unless the non-working entry is removed.

Comments?

Is the known good working gateway the one with the lower metric and it
still doesn't work?

I don't know how good win98 is at dead gateway detection but the
theory is if the one with the lower metric is detected as dead (might
take a minute or two) then the default gateway will switch to the one
with the second lowest metric.


Jim.