Enterasys Networks CSX7000, CSX5500, CSX6000 manual Central Site Remote Access Switch

CONFIGURING BASIC IP ROUTING

Static Routes

reachable directly and therefore no intermediate router will be used. The default metric value is 2. The range of metric values for static routes is from 0 to 15.

You may manipulate the metric value to promote a certain default route, or to impede a default route from being used. For example, if there is a route that in reality has several hops, but they are all over LAN connections, you may want to assign a low metric to this route so that a route is taken that is local, thus, no toll charges. Or, perhaps there is a route with a low number of hops, but the connection is over a WAN. You may want to assign this route a high number of hops to limit toll charges, in case there is a local route that could be used.

IP RIP PROPAGATION CONTROL

This controls how a static route is propagated via IP RIP. The following table provides an explanation of how a IP RIP propagation control flag can be assigned to a static route.

Flag	Meaning
Propagate Always	This flag indicates that the route information is
	always propagated via IP RIP.
	This flag is available when the next hop is over a
	LAN or a WAN interface.
Propagate only when the	This flag indicates that the route information is
Next Hop is Connected	propagated via IP RIP only when the next hop router
	is connected to the system.
	This flag is available when the next hop is over a
	LAN or a WAN interface.
Do Not Propagate	This flag indicates that the static route information is
	not propagated over the interface.
	This flag is available only when the next hop is over
	a WAN interface.

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