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Chapter 29 Static Route
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29.2 Configuring Static Routing
Click IP Application > Static Routing in the navigation panel to display the
screen as shown.
Figure 139 IP Application > Static Routing
The following table describes the related labels you use to create a static route.
Table 85 IP Application > Static Routing
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.
Name Enter a descriptive name (up to 10 printable ASCII characters) for
identification purposes.
Destination
IP Address This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination.
IP Subnet
Mask Enter the subnet mask for this destination. Routing is always based on
network number. If you need to specify a route to a single host, use a
subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force the
network number to be identical to the host ID.
Gateway IP
Address Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate
neighbor of your Switch that will forward the packet to the destination.
The gateway must be a router on the same segment as your Switch.
Metric The metric represents the “cost” of transmission for routing purposes. IP
routing uses hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1
for directly connected networks. Enter a number that approximates the
cost for this link. The number need not be precise, but it must be between
1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
Add Click Add to insert a new static route to the Switch’s run-time memory.
The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the
Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-
volatile memory when you are done configuring.