•<name> is an arbitrary name specified to route add that can be used to delete the route using route delete.
•<dest> is the IP address of the network being routed to (only those bits of <dest> corresponding to bits set in <mask> are relevant).
•<relay> is the IP address of the
•<mask> (default ff:ff:ff:00) is the subnet mask of the network being routed to, specified as four hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. For example:
•0:0:0:0 is a default route (matches everything without a more specific route)
•ff:ff:ff:0 would match a Class C network.
•ff:ff:ff:ff is a route to a single host.
(Note: the default is not always sensible; in particular, if <dest> is 0.0.0.0 then it would be better for the mask to default to 0:0:0:0. This may change in future versions.)
•<cost> (default 1) is the number of hops counted as the cost of the route, which may affect the choice of route when the route is competing with routes acquired from RIP. (But note that using a mixture of RIP and static routing is not advised.)
•<timeout> (default 0, meaning that the route does not time out) is the number of seconds that the route will remain in the routing table.
Note – The routing table does not contain routes to the directly connected
networks, without going through a gateway. ATMOS TCP/IP routes packets to such destinations by using the information in the device and subnet tables instead.
The route command (with no parameters) displays the routing table. It adds a comment to each route with the following information:
•How the route was obtained; one of:
•MAN – configured by the route command
•RIP – obtained from RIP
•ICMP – obtained from an ICMP redirect message
•SNMP – configured by SNMP network management;
•The
•The original
•The name of the interface (if known) that will be used for the route;
•An asterisk (“*”) if the route was added recently and RIP has not yet processed the
change (the asterisk should disappear within 30 seconds, when RIP next considers broadcasting routing information).
Configuration saving saves this information. (Only the routes configured by the route command are saved or displayed by config.)
