Netopia Router PN Series - Manual (Page 94)

4-14 Reference Guide
■ Select Destination Network Subnet Mask and enter the subnet
mask used by the destination network.
■ Select Next Gateway IP Address and enter the IP address for
the router that the Netopia Router will use to reach the
destination network. This router does not necessarily have to
be part of the destination network, but it must at least know
where to forward packets destined for that network.
■ Select Route Priority and choose High or Low. High means that
the static route takes precedence over RIP information; Low
means that the RIP information takes precedence over the
static route.
■ If the static route conflicts with a connection profile, the
connection profile will always take precedence.
■ To make sure that the static route is known only to the Netopia
Router, select Advertise Route Via RIP and toggle it to No. To
allow other RIP-capable routers to know about the static route,
select Advertise Route Via RIP and toggle it to Yes. When
Advertise Route Via RIP is toggled to Yes, a new item called
RIP Metric appears below Advertise Route Via RIP.
With RIP Metric you set the number of routers, from 1 to 15,
between the sending router and the destination router. The
maximum number of routers on a packet’s route is 15. Setting
RIP Metric to 1 means that a route can involve 15 routers,
while setting it to 15 means a route can only involve one router.
■ Select ADD STATIC ROUTE NOW to save the new static route,
or select CANCEL to discard it and return to the Static Routes
screen.
■ Up to 16 static routes can be created, but one is always
reserved for the default gateway, which is configured using
either Easy Setup or the IP Setup screen in Advanced
Configuration.