User`s guide

SFVRA Connection Manager 45

ONFIGURING

SERS

Protocols

STATIC ROUTES

Static routes may be configured for each user. Static routes specify the IP address of the next hop

router or gateway that provides access to the user’s network. You only need to configure a static

route if the user needs to access a LAN or WAN network that is not directly connected to any of the

Remote Access Switches administered by SFVRA Connection Manager and the Remote Access

Switches cannot or will not exchange routing information with the next hop device. A

CyberSWITCH cannot exchange routing information if the user does not RIP across the shared

network or if the CyberSWITCH is using an UnNumbered IP interface to communicate with the

user. A CyberSWITCH will not exchange routing information if RIP is disabled by the

administrator, such as is often done over dial-up WAN links.

ESTINATION SUBNET

IP address using dotted decimal notation that specifies the destination (sub-) network.

UBNET MASK

The Subnet mask for the destination (sub-) network. Entering the number of contiguous bits that

are set for the mask specifies the Subnet mask. The mask bits start at the most significant bit of the

IP address field and proceed to the least significant bit. The user is assigned a mask automatically

based on the class of the Destination Subnet, but it may be reconfigured if the default is not desired.

A Subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 implies that this static route entry is for a host rather than a (sub-)

network.

ETRIC VALUE

The administrative distance to the destination of the entry. The number of hop counts (number of

routers) typically measures the administrative distance between the SFVRA-CONN and the

destination, but it is up to you to assign proper value to each route entry. If multiple routes exist to

the same destination, the route with the least metric value will be chosen as its primary route. The

range of metric values for static routes is from 1 to 16.

You may manipulate the metric value to promote a certain default route, or to impede a default

route from being used. For example, if there is a route that in reality has several hops, but they are

all over LAN connections, you may want to assign a low metric to this route so that a route is taken

that is local, thus, no toll charges. Or, perhaps there is a route with a low number of hops, but the

connection is over a WAN. You may want to assign this route a high number of hops to limit toll

charges, in case there is a local route that could be used.