Planet Technology VRT-401 user manual Configuring Other Routers on your LAN, Local Router

VRT-401 User Manual

Properties

∙Destination Network - The network address of the remote LAN segment. For standard class "C" LANs, the network address is the first 3 fields of the Destination IP Address. The 4th (last) field can be left at 0.

∙Network Mask - The Network Mask for the remote LAN segment. For class "C" networks, the default mask is 255.255.255.0

∙Gateway IP Address - The IP Address of the Gateway or Router which VRT-401 must use to communicate with the destination above. (NOT the router attached to the remote segment.)

∙Metric - The number of "hops" (routers) to pass through to reach the remote LAN segment. The shortest path will be used. The default value is 1.

Buttons

Save	Save the RIP setting. This has no effect on the Static Routing
	Table.
Add	Add a new entry to the Static Routing table, using the data
	shown in the "Properties" area on screen. The entry selected in
	the list is ignored, and has no effect.
Update	Update the current Static Routing Table entry, using the data
	shown in the "Properties" area on screen.
Delete	Delete the current Static Routing Table entry.
Clear Form	Clear all data from the "Properties" area, ready for input of a
	new entry for the Static Routing table.
Generate Report	Generate a read-only list of all entries in the Static Routing
	table.

Configuring Other Routers on your LAN

It is essential that all IP packets for devices not on the local LAN be passed to VRT- 401, so that they can be forwarded to the external LAN, WAN, or Internet. To achieve this, the local LAN must be configured to use VRT-401 as the Default Route or Default Gateway.

Local Router

The local router is the Router installed on the same LAN segment as VRT-401. This router requires that the Default Route is VRT-401 itself. Typically, routers have a special entry for the Default Route. It should be configured as follows.

Destination IP Address	Normally 0.0.0.0, but check your router documenta-
	tion.
Network Mask	Normally 0.0.0.0, but check your router documenta-
	tion.
Gateway IP Address	The IP Address of VRT-401.
Metric	1

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