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3.9 ROUTING
Layer 3 routing feature is requested since the hosts located in different broadcast domain can’t communicate each
other.
The WoMaster Industrial Router is supported with two routing methods: static routing and dynamic routing.
Dynamic routing makes use of RIPv2. The user can choose one routing method or combine the two methods to
establish the routing table. In this Routing pages allows users create the Static Route and RIPv2 to do the routing.
3.9.1 STATIC ROUTE
A static route is a route that is created manually by a network administrator. Static routes are typically used in
smaller networks. In static routing, the Router's routing table entries are populated manually by a network
administrator. The opposite of a static route is a dynamic route. In dynamic routing, the routing table entries are
populated with the help of routing protocols.
The major advantages of static routing are reduced routing protocol router overhead and reduced routing protocol
network traffic. The major disadvantages of static routing are network changes require manual reconfiguration in
routers and network outages cannot be automatically routed around. Also it is difficult to configure static routing in
a complex network. Below is the Static Route section interface.
The description of the column is as below:
TERMS
DESCRIPTION
Destination
The Destination network IP address. For example,192.168.10.0
Netmask
Destination network’s subnet mask.
Gateway
Gateway. Factory default is blank (0.0.0.0).
Metric
Assigns a cost to each available route so that the most cost-effective path can be.
Interface
The outgoing network interface. LAN, WAN, and Cellular are available to setup here.
Select
Select the list on the table, so user can press
Edit
or
Delete Selected
to delete.
Click the
Refresh
button to refresh the list.
