The process of adding to the routing table automatically. When you configure an interface to use auto-static update mode, the router sends a request to other routers and inherits routes. The routes are saved in the routing table as and are kept even if the router is restarted or the interface goes down. Auto-static updates are supported in (RIP) for (IP) and in RIP for Internetwork Packet Exchange (), but they are not available for use with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).