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Static Route

10.1 Overview

The ZyXEL Device usually uses the default gateway to route outbound traffic from computers on the LAN to the Internet. To have the ZyXEL Device send data to devices not reachable through the default gateway, use static routes.

For example, the next figure shows a computer (A) connected to the ZyXEL Device’s LAN interface. The ZyXEL Device routes most traffic from A to the Internet through the ZyXEL Device’s default gateway (R1). You create one static route to connect to services offered by your ISP behind router R2. You create another static route to communicate with a separate network behind a router R3 connected to the LAN.

Figure 60 Example of Static Routing Topology

A

R1

Internet

LANWAN

R3

R2

10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

The Static Route screens let you view and configure IP static routes on the ZyXEL Device (Section 10.2 on page 126).

 

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