Figure 3-47 Static Route

The following items are displayed on this screen:

Static Route

Destination: Enter the destination host the route leads to.

Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask of the destination network.

Next Hop: Enter the gateway IP address to which the packet should be sent next.

Interface: Select the physical network interface, through which this route is accessible.

Metric:Defines the priority of the route. The smaller the value is, the higher the priority is. The default value is 0. It is recommended to keep the default value.

Description: Give a description for the entry.

Status:Activate or inactivate the entry.

List of Rules

You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.

The first entry in Figure 3-47indicates: If there are packets being sent to a device with IP address of 211.162.1.0 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, the Router will forward the packets from WAN1 port to the next hop of 211.200.1.1.

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TP-Link TL-ER604W manual Static Route Following items are displayed on this screen,  Static Route