Freeway DSL User’s Manual
4.6.3 Routing
The Routing page enables you to define specific route for your Internet and network data.
Most users do not need to define routes. On a typical small home or office LAN, the existing
routes that set up the default gateways for your LAN hosts and for the Freeway DSL provide
the most appropriate path for all your Internet traffic.
On your LAN hosts, a default gateway directs all Internet traffic to the LAN port(s) on the
Freeway DSL. Your LAN hosts know their default gateway either because you assigned it to
them 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.
On the Freeway DSL 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 setup 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.
Field Description
Enable
Check to enable 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 default value is 0, which means that the subnet is directly one
hop away on the local LAN network.
Interface
The WAN interface to which a static routing subnet is to be applied.
Show
Routes
Click this button to view the Freeway DSL’s routing table.
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