ZyXEL Communications MES3500-24, MES3500-24F 34.2 Configuring Static Routing, Add, Name, Mask, Clear, Index, Active, Metric, Cancel, Active, Address, Address, purposes, IP Subnet, Gateway IP, route entry

Chapter 34 Static Route

34.2 Configuring Static Routing

Click IP Application > Static Routing in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. Figure 150 IP Application > Static Routing

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

Table 106 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.

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