7 managing route table, 1 viewing router route table – Fortinet 548B User Manual

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Minimum Advertise Interval (secs) - The minimum time (in seconds) allowed between router
advertisements sent from the interface.

Advertise Lifetime (secs) - The value (in seconds) used as the lifetime field in router
advertisements sent from the interface. This is the maximum length of time that the advertised
addresses are to be considered as valid router addresses by hosts.

Preference Level - The preference level of the router as a default router relative to other routers on
the same subnet. Higher numbered addresses are preferred.

11.4.7

Managing Route Table

11.4.7.1 Viewing Router Route Table

Non-Configurable Data

Network Address - The IP route prefix for the destination.

Subnet Mask - Also referred to as the subnet/network mask, this indicates the portion of the IP
interface address that identifies the attached network.

Protocol - This field tells which protocol created the specified route. The possibilities are one of the
following:

Local

Static

Default

OSPF Intra

OSPF Inter

OSPF Type-1

OSPF Type-2

RIP

Next Hop Slot/Port - The outgoing router interface to use when forwarding traffic to the destination.

Next Hop IP Address - The outgoing router IP address to use when forwarding traffic to the next
router (if any) in the path towards the destination. The next router will always be one of the adjacent
neighbors or the IP address of the local interface for a directly attached network.

Total Number of Routes - The total number of routes in the route table.

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