User`s manual

NPort 6000 Series User’s Manual Configuration with the Web Console
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You are allowed up to 32 entries in the route table. For each entry, you must provide information
on the gateway, destination, netmask, metric hops and interface.
Gateway: This is the IP address of the next-hop router.
Destination: This is the host’s IP address or the network address of the route’s destination.
Netmask: This is the destination network’s netmask.
Metric: You may use this optional field to enter the number of hops from the source to the
destination. This allows the NPort 6000 to prioritize the routing of data packets if there is more
than one router available to reach a given destination.
Iface: This is the network interface to which the packet must be sent.
ATTENTION
When a serial port is configured for PPP/SLIP, the Iface field must be set to that serial port for
proper communication.
Configuring Routes to the Internet
NPort 6000
Series
TCP/IP
Router
PC Notebook
Modem
Ethernet
203.67.6
203.67.6.1
203.67.6.254
203.67.6.253
Modem
UNIX
Server
Internet
PC
In this example, the Notebook PC dials into the NPort 6000 to request a connection to the Internet
host at 210.48.96.9, which is not on the local network 203.67.6.xxx. This causes the NPort 6000 to
act as a router and send the datagram to the default next-hop router, 203.67.6.254. In this case, we
should add the gateway IP address of 203.67.6.254 to the routing table to handle hops to
210.48.96.9.