RFC 1027 says "The default route must not be used when checking for a route to the target host of an ARP request. If the default route were used, the check would always succeed." But when i tested , linux OS is considering this default route also. Any configuration parameter needs to be set to make it work properly or is it the desired behaviour? Thanks Pani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html