3Com 2500 manual Administering, Routes

Administering Routes 12-5

Administering	Your system maintains a table of routes to other AppleTalk networks. The
Routes	routing table is generated automatically by the Routing Table Maintenance
	Protocol (RTMP). RTMP defines 1) the rules for exchanging information
	between routers so that the routers can maintain their routing tables, and 2)
	the rules for the information contained within each routing table.

Each routing table entry contains the following information:

■Network Range

A range of numbers used to designate a network segment’s identity

■Distance

The distance in hops to the destination network

■Interface

The defined interface number

■State

The status (good, suspect, bad, or really bad) of each route

Displaying the You can display the routing tables for the system to determine which routes Routing Table are configured and if they are operational.

To display the contents of the routing table:

Top-Level Menu
system
	interface
ethernet
fddi	➧route	➧display
atm	aarp	flush
bridge	zone
ip	forwarding
ipx	checksum

➧appletalk ping

snmp statistics analyzer

script logout

From the Administration Console top-level menu, enter:

appletalk route display