Chapter 4 Status Screens

Table 5 Status > Route Info (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Flag

This indicates the route status.

 

Up: The route is up.

 

Reject: The route is blocked and will force a route lookup to fail.

 

Gateway: The route uses a gateway to forward traffic.

 

Host: The target of the route is a host.

 

Reinstate: The route is reinstated for dynamic routing.

 

Dynamic (redirect): The route is dynamically installed by a routing daemon

 

or redirect

 

Modified (redirect): The route is modified from a routing daemon or

 

rederict.

 

 

Metric

The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the

 

best route for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". The

 

smaller the number, the lower the "cost".

 

 

Service

This indicates the name of the service used to forward the route.

 

 

Interface

This indicates the name of the interface through which the route is

 

forwarded.

 

br0 indicates the LAN interface.

 

ptm0 indicates the WAN interface using ENET ENCAP or in bridge mode.

 

ppp0 indicates the WAN interface using PPPoE.

 

 

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