NETGEAR RT328 manual Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields

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Reference Guide for the Model RT328 and Model RH348 ISDN Routers

Table 7-3 lists and describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route.

Table 7-3.	Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields
Field		Description
Route Name		Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only.
Active		This field allows you to activate or deactivate this static route.
Destination IP Address		This field specifies the IP network address of the final destination. Routing	is
		always based on network number. If you need to specify a route to a single
		host, use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force
		the network number to be identical to the host ID.
IP Subnet Mask		Enter the subnet mask for this destination. For more information about setting
		IP subnet masks, see “Subnet Addressing” on page 1-10.
Gateway IP Address		Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor
		of the router that forwards the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the
		gateway must be a router on the same segment as the router. Over ISDN, the
		gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
Metric		The Metric field represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes. IP
		routing uses hop counts as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1 for
		directly connected networks. Enter a number that approximates the cost for
		this link. The number does not have to be precise, but it must be between 1
		and 16. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
Private		This field determines if the router includes the route to this remote node in its
		RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and not included in any
		RIP broadcast. If set to No, the route to this remote node is propagated to
		other hosts through RIP broadcasts.

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