Chapter 23 Static Route
Figure 94 IP Application > Static Routing
The following table describes the related labels you use to create a static route.
Table 63 IP Application > Static Routing
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Active | This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route. |
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Name | Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for identification |
| purposes. |
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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. |
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IP Subnet | Enter the subnet mask for this destination. |
Mask |
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Gateway IP | Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your |
Address | Switch that will forward the packet to the destination. The gateway must be a router |
| on the same segment as your Switch. |
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Metric | The 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. |
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Add | Click Add to insert a new static route to the Switch’s |
| loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top |
| navigation panel to save your changes to the |
| configuring. |
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Cancel | Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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Clear | Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults. |
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Index | This field displays the index number of the route. Click a number to edit the static |
| route entry. |
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Active | This field displays Yes when the static route is activated and NO when it is |
| deactivated. |
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Name | This field displays the descriptive name for this route. This is for identification purpose |
| only. |
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Destination | This field displays the IP network address of the final destination. |
Address |
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Subnet Mask | This field displays the subnet mask for this destination. |
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