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Each route may be assigned a “connected metric” and a “disconnected metric”. The
connected metric parameter is used to specify the metric for a route whose interface is
active. The disconnected metric is used to specify the metric for a route whose interface is
inactive. Normally both values should be the same but in some advanced routing scenarios
necessary to use different values.
If a particular route fails it will automatically have its metric set to 16 which means that it is
temporarily deemed as being “out of service”. The default out of service period is set by the
IP route out of service parameter on the .... page. Note however, that this default period
may be overwritten in certain situations such as when a firewall stateful inspection rule
specifies a different period. When a route is out of service, any alternative routes (with
matching subnets) will be used first.
Related CLI Commands
Entity
Instance
Parameter
Values
Equivalent Web Parameter
route n descr Up to 20 characters Description
route n IPaddr
Valid IP address
a.b.c.d
Destination Network a.b.c.d
route n mask
Valid netmask
a.b.c.d
Mask a.b.c.d
route n gateway
Valid IP address
a.b.c.d
Gateway
route n ll_ent Blank,PPP,ETH,TUN Interface x,y
route n ll_add 0 – 2147483647 Interface x,y
route n upmetric 0 – 2147483647 Metric
Advanced
Configuration – Network > IP Routing/Forwarding> Static Routes> Route n>
Advanced
Use metric n when the interface is not active
The value in this text box specifies the routing metric to use when the interface is not
active.
Use this route only if the source IP address of the packet matches
When this checkbox is checked, the following two parameters are enabled.
IP Address a.b.c.d
If necessary, these IP Address and Mask parameters may be used to further qualify the way
in which the router routes packets. If the values in this text box and the following Mask
parameter are set, the source address of the packet being routed must match these
parameters before the packet will be routed through the specified interface.
Mask a.b.c.d
The value in this text box specifies the netmask that is used in conjunction with the IP
address as explained above.
Include this route in RIP advertisements
When checked, this checkbox will cause the router to include this static route to be included
in RIP advertisements.