traffic flow - inet 2 and networks

[mattch]

scenerio;

INET---Router1---Net A---Router2----net B

computers on netA use router1 as default gateway. Router1 has routes that say use router2 to get to netB

question;

Does this mean when computers on NetA send packets to computers on NetB, router1 has to process each and every single packet? Or is there a way that router1 tells computers on netA to use router2 to each netB (without using static routes or installing routing prorocols on computers)?

tia!

[DonB]

Most host(pc's) only have the option for 1 gateway, so yes if hosts on netA have Router1 set as their default gateway then router 1 will process all routing for destinations that are not on netA including netB.

There are ways such as hsrp to have backup gateways but there is still only 1 active gateway at a time on most systems.

[DonB]

Another option that might help is proxy arp