User`s guide

Chapter 16 Static Route
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
16.2.1 Add/Edit Static Route
Click the Add Static Route button or a rule’s Edit icon in the Static Route screen. Use this screen
to configure the required information for a static route.
Figure 71 Static Route: Add/Edit
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 49 Network > Static Route
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Static
Route
Click this to create a new rule.
# This is the number of an individual static route.
Status This field indicates whether the rule is active (yellow bulb) or not (gray bulb).
Name This field displays a name to identify this rule.
Destination This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. Routing is
always based on network number.
Subent Mask This parameter specifies the IP network subnet mask of the final destination.
Gateway This is the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is a router or switch on the
same network segment as the device's LAN or WAN port. The gateway helps
forward packets to their destinations.
Modify Click the Edit icon to open a screen where you can modify an existing rule.
Click the Remove icon to delete a rule from the NBG5715.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG5715.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 50 Static Route: Add/Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Static Route Select to enable or disable this rule.
Route Name Type a name to identify this rule. You can use up to 20 printable English keyboard
characters, including spaces.
Destination IP
Address
This parameter specifies 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 IP subnet mask here.
Gateway IP
Address
Enter the IP address of the next-hop gateway. The gateway is a router or switch
on the same segment as your NBG5715's interface(s). The gateway helps forward
packets to their destinations.