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IPv4 Routing
Route Table
The route table manager collects routes from multiple sources: static routes and local routes. The route
table manager may learn multiple routes to the same destination from multiple sources. The route table
lists all routes. The best routes table displays only the most preferred route to each destination.
To display the Route Table page, click
Routing
>
IPv4 Routing
in the navigation pane, and click the
Route Table
tab.
Figure 85. Route Table Page
Table 65. Route Table Fields
Click
Refresh
to update the information on the screen.
Field
Description
Network Address
The IP route prefix for the destination.
Subnet Mask
Also referred to as the subnet/network mask, this indicates the portion of the IP interface
address that identifies the attached network.
Protocol
This field tells which protocol created the specified route. The possibilities are one of the
following:
Local
Static
Default
Next Hop IP Address
The outgoing router IP address to use when forwarding traffic to the next router (if any) in the
path towards the destination. The next router is always one of the adjacent neighbors or the
IP address of the local interface for a directly-attached network.
Next Hop Interface
The outgoing interface to use when forwarding traffic to the destination. For a static reject
route, the next hop is Null.
Best Route
Indicates whether the route is the preferred route to the network. If the field is blank, a better
route to the same network exists in the routing table.
