Monitoring the HotWire DSLAM
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8000-A2-GB20-20 November 1997

Table 7-5. IP Router Menu Options (2 of 3)

Routing Information Window
In addition, the lower right-hand corner of the screen displays a Route Information
window with detailed information about the selected destination.
Route # – Displays the number of the route for the given destination. If more than one
route exists for the given destination, you may view subsequent routes by entering the
routing entry number at the [Route # or <RET>]: prompt.
Next Hop – Indicates the IP address of the next hop device for the specified destination.
Protocol – Displays the type of routing protocol by which the route was learned (i.e.,
static or direct).
Preference – Specifies the assigned preference number to this route. If more than one
route exists for the given destination, this number is compared to the preference number
of the other routes. The route with the lowest preference number is the preferred route.
The value of 0 indicates the highest preference. The greater the number, the lower the
preference.
Flags – Indicates if a route is a Host and if the next hop is valid.
Interface – Displays the name of the interface associated with the destination address.
State – Indicates the various state information about the route including Permanent,
Deleted, SRC, Host, Net, Subn.
Metric – Not applicable.
Age – Displays the length of time in seconds that a non-permanent route has been
active.
Revision # – Not applicable.
Max Age – Displays the maximum length of time in seconds before a non-permanent
route has been active.
Ref Count – Number of internal references for this route.
Displays the working routing table. Routes will appear only for interfaces that are up.
Details for the selected destinations are shown in the lower right corner. You may select
a different destination by entering a number at the “Destination #” prompt. If more than
one route exists for the given destination, you may view subsequent routes by entering
the number at the “Route #” prompt.
ARP Table B-E-B
Displays the current Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache. Permanent entries show
an age of 0.
Line – Sequential number of line.
IP Address – Internet Protocol Address.
Ethernet Address – Ethernet address associated with the IP address. (An incomplete
can be shown in this column for some internal entries such as the backplane.)
Min – Number of minutes since this entry was last used.
Interface – The interface on which this ARP request was answered.
Flags – Various flags associated with this entry. PERM = permanent, PUB = publish this
entry (respond for other hosts), PROX = proxy ARP (card will proxy ARP for this IP
address).