WR3000 4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router
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10.2.1 Confi guring Route Entry

Select a static route index number and click

Edit

. The screen shown next appears. Fill in the

required information for each static route.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Edit IP Static Route

LABEL
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Enter a descriptive name for this route. This is for identi cation purposes only.
Enter a descriptive name for this route. This is for identi cation purposes only.
Active
Select this check box to activate this static route.
Select this check box to activate this static route.
Destination IP
Address
Type the IP network address of the fi nal destination. Routing is always based on network
Type the IP network address of the fi nal 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 fi eld to force the network number to be identical to the host ID.
IP Subnet Mask
IP Subnet Mask
Type the IP subnet mask here.
Gateway IP
Gateway IP
Address
Type the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your WR3000
Type the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your WR3000
Wireless Router that will forward the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be
a router on the same segment as your WR3000 Wireless Router; over the WAN, the gateway
must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
Metric
Type a number that approximates the cost for this link. Metric represents the “cost” of
Type a number that approximates the cost for this link. Metric represents the “cost” of
transmission for routing purposes. IP routing uses hop count as the measurement of cost, with
a minimum of 1 for directly connected networks. The number need not be precise, but it must be
between 1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
Private
This parameter determines if the WR3000 Wireless Router will include the route to this remote
This parameter determines if the WR3000 Wireless Router will include the route to this remote
node in its RIP broadcasts. If this check box is selected, this route is kept private and not included
in RIP broadcast. If it is not selected, the route to this remote node will be propagated to other
hosts through RIP broadcasts.
Apply
Click
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the WR3000 Wireless Router.
Cancel
Cancel
Click
Click
Cancel
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
Apply Cancel

STATIC ROUTE - EDIT

Route Name

Active

Destination IP Address

IP Subnet Mask

Gateway IP Address

Metric

Private

0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0

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