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5.5
Static Routing
5.5.1
Overview
Routing is performed to select the best route for delivering data from a source address to a destination address.
Astatic route is a manually configured route, which is simple, efficient, and reliable. Appropriate static route help
reduce the number of route selection problems and reduce route selection load, increasing the packet forwarding
speed.
To access the page, choose
Network
>
Static Routing
.
Parameter description
Parameter
Description
Static
Routing
You can manually add Static Routings by clAdd.
Route Table It specifies the current route table of the router, including the default and the added Static
Routing.
Destination
Network
It specifies the destination address, namely the IP address that the packets can reach.
Subnet
Mask
It specifies the subnet mask of the destination network.
Gateway
It specifies the next hop IP address of the packets forwarded by the router.
Port
It specifies the WAN port of the router forwarding data packets.
5.5.2
Example of Static Routing
Networking requirement
A company uses W15E to deploy a network. The company intents to allow the clients connected to the router to
access both the internet and the company’s intranet.
Solution
The static route funtion can address this requirement. Set the router to access the internet through WAN1 port,
and to the intranet through WAN2 port, and add a static route rule. Assume that the basic information is
described as the following table.