Chapter 18 Static Route

18.2.1 IP Static Route Edit

Click the edit icon in the IP Static Route screen. The screen shown next appears. Use this screen to configure the required information for a static route.

Figure 228 ADVANCED > STATIC ROUTE > IP Static Route > Edit

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 101 ADVANCED > STATIC ROUTE > IP Static Route > Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Route Name

Enter the name of the IP static route. Leave this field blank to delete this static route.

 

 

Active

This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.

 

 

Destination IP

This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. Routing is

Address

always based on network number. If you need to specify a route to a single host,

 

use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force the network

 

number to be identical to the host ID.

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

Enter the IP subnet mask here.

 

 

Gateway IP

Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is a router or switch on the same

Address

network segment as the device's LAN or WAN port. The gateway helps forward

 

packets to their destinations.

 

 

Metric

Metric represents the “cost” of transmission for routing purposes. IP routing uses

 

hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1 for directly connected

 

networks. Enter a number that approximates the cost for this link. The number need

 

not be precise, but it must be between 1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good

 

number.

 

 

Private

This parameter determines if the ZyWALL will include this route to a remote node in

 

its RIP broadcasts.

 

Select this check box to keep this route private and not included in RIP broadcasts.

 

Clear this check box to propagate this route to other hosts through RIP broadcasts.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.

 

 

 

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