Quick Reference Guide

Reference Guide for the Model RT338 ISDN Router

Remote Node Configuration 7-17

Enter settings for the static route entry.

Table 7-6 lists and describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route.

Table 7-6. Edit IP Static Route Fields

Field Description

Route Name Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only.

Active Use this field to activate or deactivate this static route.

Destination IP Address Enter 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 to the destination network. The gateway

is the next router that your router contacts in order to forward packets to the

destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be a router on the same segment

as the router. Over ISDN, the gateway must be the IP address of the router at

one of the remote nodes.

Metric Enter the cost of transmission for routing purposes. IP routing uses hop

counts 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 does not have to be precise, but it must be between 1 and 16.

In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.

Private Use this field to determine whether the router includes the route to this

remote node in its RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and

not included in any RIP broadcast. If set to No, the route to this remote node

is propagated to other hosts through RIP broadcasts.