Patton electronic 6300 user manual Configuring IP Routing, RC IP Overview

FS6300 NMS User Manual 5 • Configuring the 2616RC Card

Configuring IP Routing

You may configure a host and routes for the 2616RC through the FS6300 NMS. The IP Overview window shows details for routing destinations, and includes information for gateway, cost, interface, protocol, and state of each route.

Figure 61. 2616RC IP Overview

The table in the IP Overview window shows a list of defined routes for the 2616RC, and includes the follow- ing information for each entry:

•Destination: The destination IP address of this route. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.0 is considered a default route.

•Mask: The mask that is logical-ANDed with the destination address before being compared to the value in the Destination field.

•Gateway: The IP address where the packets should be forwarded.

•Cost: The cost of the route as defined by RIP standards. Cost is sometimes considered to be number of hops.

•Interface: The index value that uniquely identifies the local interface through which the next hop of this route should be reached.

•Protocol: The routing mechanism via which this route was learned.

–local(1)—Added by the DACS to support an interface.

–user(2)—Added by an administrator on the IP Routing Information table or via SNMP managemen tools.

–rip(4)—Learned via reception of RIP packet.

–icmp(5)—Learned via reception of ICMP packet

•State: Shows if a route is valid/in use.

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