Why Use Static Routes ?

Static routes are commonly used in the following scenarios:

• As a default route forwarding packets to a service provider
• (one way Out to ISP)
• For routes outside the routing domain and not learned by the dynamic routing protocol
• (A Secret Route)
• When the network administrator wants to explicitly define the path for a specific network
• (Absolute Control)
• For routing between stub networks
• (Internal Simplification)

Static Routes provide security in a larger network for configurations that need more control

Static routes are useful for smaller networks with only one path to an outside network