Patton electronic 29XX Adding a point-to-point route, Adding a static routes to a remote network

Access Server Administrators’ Reference Guide 16 • IP

1.Type the IP address of the host that serves as a gateway for your local network in the Gateway column of the first entry.

2.Click Add Route.

Adding a point-to-point route

Do the following:

1.Under Destination in the first entry, type the IP address of the remote host to which you want make a point-to- point connection.

2.Under Gateway, type the IP address of the host that will be forwarding packets to the IP address you entered in the Destination field in step 1.

3.Click Add Route.

Note The appropriate subnet mask (255.255.255.255) for a point-to-point route will automatically be added for you.

Adding a static point-to-point route to a remote host

Do the following:

1.Under Destination in the second entry, type the IP address of the remote host to which you want to make a point-to-point connection.

2.Type 255.255.255.255 for the subnet mask.

3.Under Gateway, type the IP address of the host that will be forwarding packets to the IP address you entered in the Destination field in step 1.

4.Click Add Route.

Adding a static routes to a remote network

Do the following:

1.Under Destination, type the IP address of the remote network for which you want to provide a static route.

2.Type the appropriate subnet mask in the Mask field.

3.Under Gateway, type the IP address of the host that will be forwarding packets to the network you entered in the Destination field in step 1.

4.Click Add Route.

Note If the destination and subnet mask are incompatible or the Gateway address is not entered an error screen will appear.

Examples of correct and incorrect routes are shown in table 4.

Table 4. Examples of IP routes

Examples of correct entries		Examples of incorrect entries
Destination	Mask	Destination	Mask
192.10.10.11	255.255.255.255	192.10.10.11	255.255.255.0

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