Chapter 11

ip route

Command Mode

Global Configuration.

Description

Creates a static route. The no form of this command removes a static route.

 

The default static routing preference is Low.

Syntax

To Create:

route <route-addr> <mask> {<next-hop> null 0}

 

<cost> [{high low}]

 

 

To Delete:

no ip route <route-addr> <mask>

 

 

Table 11-20. Parameters, Keywords, Arguments

Name

Definition

 

 

<route-addr>

IP address of the static route.

 

 

<mask>

Mask of the IP address.

 

 

<next-hop>

The IP address for the gateway associated with the static

 

route.

 

 

null 0

Creates a static route to a null interface.

 

A null interface is a virtual interface that discards IP packets

 

and is used to prevent routing loops from occurring in the

 

network. For more information on null interfaces, see

 

Chapter 12, “Configuring IP Routing,” in User Guide for the

 

Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, Software

 

Version 6.1.

 

 

<cost>

The metric between this router and the destination. The cost

 

can range from 1 to 65,535.

 

 

[{high low}]

The preference of the route. The default setting is low.

 

Preference overrides cost. If two routes of the same

 

preference are present, the switch uses the route that has the

 

lower cost.

 

 

 

 

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