Configuring IP Routes

On the ADSL Barricade itself, a default gateway is defined to direct all outbound Internet traffic to a router at your ISP. This default gateway is assigned automatically by your ISP whenever the device negotiates an Internet connection. (The process for adding a default route is described on page 90.)

You may need to define routes if your home setup includes two or more networks or subnets, if you connect to two or more ISP services, or if you connect to a remote corporate LAN.

Viewing the IP Routing Table

All IP-enabled computers and routers maintain a table of IP addresses that are commonly accessed by their users. For each of these destination IP addresses, the table lists the IP address of the first hop the data should take. This table is known as the device's routing table.

To view the ADSL Barricade's routing table, click the [Routing] tab. The [IP Route Table] page appears by default, as shown in Figure 29:

Figure 29. IP Route Table Page

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