Bay Technical Associates RM356 - Manual (Page 75)

Reference Guide for the Model RM356 Modem Router
TCP/IP Configuration 7-5
When you complete the menu, press [Enter] at the Press ENTER to Confirm... prompt to save your
selections, or press [Esc] at any time to cancel your selections.
Table 7-3 lists and describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route.
Table 7-3. Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields
Field Description
Route Name Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only.
Active This field allows you to activate or deactivate this static route.
Destination IP Address This field specifies the IP network address of the final 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.
IP Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask for this destination. For more information about
setting IP subnet masks, see
“Subnet Addressing ” on page 1-9 .
Gateway IP Address Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor
of the router that forwards the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the
gateway must be a router on the same segment as the router. Over the WAN,
the gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
Metric The Metric field represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes. IP
routing uses hop counts 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 does not have to be precise, but it must be between 1
and 16. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
Private This field determines if the router includes the route to this remote node in its
RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and not included in any
RIP broadcast. If set to No, the route to this remote node is propagated to
other hosts through RIP broadcasts.