User guide

Using Static Routes
Chapter 6: Managing Your Network 245
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Next Hop IP Specify the next hop to which packets should be sent. This can be any of the
following:
• Specified IP. Traffic matching this static route's criteria will be
routed to a specific gateway. Type the IP address of the desired
gateway (next hop router) in the field provided.
• WAN (Internet). Traffic matching this static route's criteria will be
routed to the Internet connection on the WAN1 interface.
• WAN2 (Internet). Traffic matching this static route's criteria will be
routed to the Internet connection on the WAN2 interface.
Metric Type the static route's metric.
When a packet matches multiple static routes' criteria, the gateway sends the
packet to the matching route with the lowest metric.
The default value is 10.
Viewing and Deleting Static Routes
To view or delete a static route
1. Click Network in the main menu, and click the Routes tab.
The Static Routes page appears, with a list of existing static routes.
2. To refresh the view, click Refresh.
3. To delete a route, do the following:
a. In the desired route's row, click Erase.
A confirmation message appears.
b. Click OK.
The route is deleted.