Static routes – Netopia Router PN Series User Manual
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IP Setup
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Select DNS Server and enter the IP address for a domain name
server. The domain name server matches the alphabetic
addresses favored by people (for example, www.netopia.com)
to the IP addresses actually used by IP routers (for example,
163.7.8.202).
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If a secondary DNS server is available, select Secondary DNS
Server and enter its IP address. The secondary DNS server is
used by the Netopia Router when the primary DNS server is
inaccessible. Entering a secondary DNS is useful but it is not
necessary.
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Select Domain Name and enter your network’s domain name
(for example, farallon.com). Entering a Domain Name is
strongly recommended.
Non-Small Office models
only
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If there are IP routers on your Ethernet network that the Netopia
Router needs to recognize, select Receive RIP and toggle it to
On. With Receive RIP on, the Netopia Router’s Ethernet port will
accept routing information provided by Routing Information
Protocol (RIP) packets. RIP is used on all Netopia Router
models except the SO-Smart models.
Non-Small Office models
only
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If you want the Netopia Router to advertise its routing table to
other routers via RIP, select Transmit RIP and toggle it to On.
With Transmit RIP on, the Netopia Router will generate RIP
packets to those other routers.
Non-Small Office models
only
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Select Static Routes to manually configure IP routes. See the
following section.
Static routes
Static routes are IP routes that are maintained manually. Each static
route acts as a pointer that tells the Netopia Router how to reach a
particular network. However, static routes are used only if they
appear in the IP routing table, which contains all of the routes used
by the Netopia Router (see