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when you modified your TCP/IP properties, or because you configured them to receive the
information dynamically from a server whenever they access the Internet.
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On the DSL device itself, a default gateway is defined to direct all outbound Internet traffic to a route
at your ISP. The default gateway is assigned either automatically by your ISP whenever the device
negotiates an Internet access, or manually by user to set up through the configuration.
You may need to define routes if your home setup includes two or more networks or subnets, if you
connect to two or more ISP services, or if you connect to a remote corporate LAN.
3.6.1.1 Static Route
Click
Static Route
in the left pane and the page shown in the following figure appears. This page is used
to configure the routing information. You can add or delete IP routes.
The following table describes the parameters:
Field
Description
Enable
Click it to enable/disable the selected route or route to be added.
Destination
The network IP address of the subnet. The destination can be specified as the IP
address of a subnet or a specific host in the subnet. It can also be specified as all
zeros to indicate that this route should be used for all destinations for which no other
route is defined (this is the route that creates the default gateway).
Subnet Mask
The network mask of the destination subnet. The default gateway uses a mask of
0.0.0.0.
Next Hop
The IP address of the next hop through which traffic will flow towards the destination
subnet.
Metric
Defines the number of hops between network nodes that data packets travel. The
