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Routing Table

This chapter introduces the routing table.

43.1 Overview

The routing table contains the route information to the network(s) that the Switch can reach. The Switch automatically updates the routing table with the RIP information received from other Ethernet devices.

43.2 Viewing the Routing Table

Use this screen to view routing table information. Click Management, Routing Table in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.

Figure 200 Routing Table Status

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 134 Routing Table Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Index

This field displays the index number.

 

 

Destination

This field displays the destination IP routing domain.

 

 

Gateway

This field displays the IP address of the gateway device.

 

 

Interface

This field displays the IP address of the Interface.

 

 

Metric

This field displays the cost of the route.

 

 

Type

This field displays the method used to learn the route; OSPF - added as an OSPF

 

interface, RIP - learned from incoming RIP packets or STATIC - added as a static entry.

 

 

 

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