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Chapter 24 Static Route

Destination IP

Address

This parameter 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.

Gateway IP

Address

Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your

switch that will forward the packet to the destination. The gateway must be a router on

the same segment as your switch.

Metric

The metric represents the “cost” of transmission for routing purposes. IP routing uses

hop count 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 need

not be precise, but it must be between 1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good

number.

Add

Click Add to save your static route to the the switch’s run-time memory. The switch

discards this route if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

configuring.

Cancel

Click Cancel to reset the fields.

Clear Click

Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

Index

This field displays the index number of the route. Click a number to edit the static

route entry.

Active

This field displays Yes when the static route is activated and NO when it is

deactivated.

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this route. This is for identification purpose

only.

Destination

Address

This field displays the IP network address of the final destination.

Subnet Mask

This field displays the subnet mask for this destination.

Gateway

Address

This field displays the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate

neighbor of your switch that will forward the packet to the destination.

Metric

This field displays the cost of transmission for routing purposes.

Delete

Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.

Cancel

Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.

Table 58 Static Routing (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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