Add a static route – NETGEAR N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000 User Manual

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Chapter 7. Advanced Settings

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Add a Static Route

1.

Select Advanced > Static Routes to display the following screen:

2.

Click Add to open the following screen.

3.

Fill in the fields:

In the Route Name field, enter a route name for this static route. This name is for

identification purpose only.

Select Private if you want to limit access to the LAN only. The static route will not be

reported in RIP.

Select Active to make this route effective.

Enter the destination IP address of the final destination.

Enter the IP subnet mask for this destination. If the destination is a single host, type

255.255.255.255

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Enter the gateway IP address, which has to be a router on the same LAN segment as

the wireless router.

In the Metric field, enter a number between 2 and 15 as the metric value. This

represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually,
a setting of 2 or 3 works.

4.

Click Apply to save your changes. The Static Routes table is updated to show the new

entry.

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