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In some cases, it is not practical to have just one default gateway. For example, this is true in routed wireless
networks with more than two WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W routers, and in some cases when WDS router interfaces are
used. If more than one
“next-hop router” is required, the WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W allows for up to 100 routing rules to
be configured. A routing rule specifies a destination network (or host) IP address and the corresponding next-hop
router that messages for the specified destination will be forwarded to. It is assumed that the next-hop router (or
gateway) will then deliver the data to the required destination (or forward it on to another router that will).
Figure 51 Routing
Figure 51 illustrates a situation where routing rules may need to be configured. In this example, the WI-MOD-xxx-E-
5W
clients need only specify the access point as their default gateway (they require no routing rules to be configured).
However, for the access point to be able to deliver traffic to LAN B and LAN C it needs to have routing rules
configured that specify the respective WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W client/routers as next-hop routers (gateways) to
networks B and C.
Note that devices on LAN A should specify the WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W access point as their default gateway. An
alternative to adding routing rules to the WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W in this example would be for each device on LAN A that
needs to communicate with LAN B and C to have independent routing rules specifying the WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W
clients at B and C as gateways to those networks.
The routing rules for the access point in the above example are shown in Figure 52. The first entry shows the route
to LAN B. The gateway for the route to LAN B is configured as the wireless IP address of the WI-MOD-xxx-E-5W
client connected to LAN B. The destination for the route is configured as the network address of LAN B. Because
the host ID of the destination IP address is 0, it specifies a network address. Consequently, any traffic received at
the access point with destination IP address 169.254.109.x (where x is any host ID) will be forwarded to the WI-
MOD-xxx-E-5W at LAN B.
Figure 52 Routing Rules at Access Point