User's Manual
ADSL2+ModemRouterUserManual
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Nexthop:EntertheIPaddressofthegateway.Thegatewayisanimmediateneighborofyour
ADSLRouterthatwillforwardthepackettothedestination.OntheLAN,thegatewaymustbea
routeronthesamesegmentasyourRouter;overInternet(WAN),thegatewaymustbetheIP
addressofon
eoftheremotenodes.
Metric:Metricrepresentsthecostoftransmissionforroutingpurposes.IPRoutinguseshop
countasthemeasurementofcost,withaminimumof1fordirectlyconnectednetworks.Entera
numberthatapproximatesthecostforthislink.Thenumberneednottobeprecise,butitmust
between1an
d15.Inpractice,2or3isusuallyagoodnumber.
Interface:theWANinterfacetowhichastaticrouteistobeapplied.
TheStaticRouteTable showsthecurrentstaticrouteentries.
4.3.1.2IPv6StaticRoute:
Destination:Typethedestinationfortheroute.Thedestinationcanbeahostaddress,network
address,orthedestinationforthedefaultroute,
Prefixlength:Typetheprefixlengthofthedestination.Theprefixisthepartoftheaddressthat
specifies the network identifier. The prefix length identifies how many bits of the destination
address in an IPv6 packetmust matchtheDestinatio
nfield inthis route.A prefix length of 128
meansthatonlyanexactmatchofthedestinationaddresscanusethisroute.Aprefixlengthof0
meansthatanydestinationaddresscanusethisroute.