Monitoring the Hotwire DSL System
Table 4-5. IP Router Options (1 of 2)
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Displays information and statistics stored in the IP routing table. Note that routes will appear only for interfaces that are up. The information and statistics are listed by route and destination number.
To display information for a specific destination, enter the destination IP address at the [Destination # or <RET>]: prompt.
Routing Table Screen
The Routing Table displays the following columns of information:
#– Displays the entry number in the routing table. Use this number to specify which entry you want to display more information.
Destination – Specifies the destination (or source) IP address of the packet.
Subnet Mask – Indicates the associated subnet mask for the specified destination IP address.
Routes – Number of routes for Destination.
Flags – Identifies the type of route: host, sub (subnetwork), or net (network).
NOTE: This screen will not display any routes that were identified as rmt s1x in the location field on the Static Routes screen.
Route Information Window
The lower
Route # – Displays the number of the route for the given destination. If more than one route exists for the given destination, you may view subsequent routes by entering the routing entry number at the [Route # or <RET>]: prompt.
Next Hop – Indicates the IP address of the next hop device for the specified destination.
Protocol – Displays the type of routing protocol by which the route was learned (i.e., static or direct).
Preference – Specifies how the routes are sorted. The lower the number, the higher the priority. However, if a static route is created without a preference, the route will be given a preference of 50.
Flags – Indicates if a route is a Host and if the next hop is valid.
Interface – Displays the name of the interface associated with the destination address.
NOTE: lb0 is equal to e1a.
State – Indicates the various state information about the route including Permanent, Deleted, SRC, Host, Net, Subn.
Metric – Not applicable.
Age – Displays the length of time in seconds that a nonpermanent route has been active.
Revision # – Number of changes to the routing table prior to the creation of this route, with the change that includes this route also added in. For example, if the revision number is 89, then this route was created with the 89th change to the routing table.
Max Age – Displays the maximum length of time in seconds before a
Ref Count – Number of times this route has been used to route a packet since the last reboot.
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