Chapter 26 Static Route

Figure 122 IP Application > Static Routing

The following table describes the related labels you use to create a static route.

Table 79 IP Application > Static Routing

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

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

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 10 printable ASCII characters) for identification

 

purposes.

 

 

Destination IP

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

Address

 

 

 

IP Subnet

Enter the subnet mask for this destination. Routing is always based on network

Mask

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

Add

Click Add to insert a new static route to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch

 

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 non-volatile memory when you are

 

done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reset the above fields to your previous configuration.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

 

 

Index

This field displays the index number of the route. Click a number to edit the static

 

route entry.

 

 

Active

This field displays Yes when the static route is activated and NO when it is

 

deactivated.

 

 

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this route. This is for identification

 

purposes only.

 

 

Destination

This field displays the IP network address of the final destination.

Address

 

 

 

Subnet Mask

This field displays the subnet mask for this destination.

 

 

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