Chapter 6 Network

The Static Routes page provides the following information:

Column

Description

 

 

 

 

Destination

The IP address of the destination network for the static route

 

 

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask of the destination network

 

 

Gateway

The IP address of the device to which the device forwards traffic destined for the

 

destination network

 

 

Metric

A number (between 1 and 15) that is used to determine the order in which the

 

static route will be accessed.

 

Note By default, the device will re-distribute any static routes

 

configured on the device into RIP. If you do not want to re-distribute

 

some static routes, configure those with a metric of 15. The other

 

peer routers will receive these routes, increment the metric by one (to

 

16). RIP routes with a metric of 16 are considered unreachable and

 

will be discarded by the peer router.

 

 

Create a Static Route

STEP 1 STEP 2

STEP 3

From the LSM menu, select Network > Configuration > Static Routes. On the Static Routes page, click Create Static Route.

On the Create Static Route page, type the IP Address of the destination network.

Note Setting this address to 0.0.0.0 is not allowed.

STEP 4

STEP 5

STEP 6

STEP 7

Type the Subnet Mask of the destination network.

Type the Gateway IP address.

For GRE tunnels, enter the IP address for the tunnels.

Type the Metric for this route.

Enter a number between 1 and 15 that represents the priority of this static route which determines the order in which the route will be accessed. To prevent the static route from being re-distributed when RIP is enabled on the device, enter 15.

Click Create to add the static route and update the current Static Routes table.

RIP Setup

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is used for exchanging unicast routing information between routers and hosts. Using RIP, the device determines route for network packets based on the fewest

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