Configure Advanced Routes - NETGEAR M4300 User Manual

M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Table 102. Routing Table Basic Route Configuration (continued)
Field
Preference
Metric

Configure Advanced Routes

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To configure advanced routes:
Launch a web browser.
1.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
2.
The login window opens.
Enter the user name and password.
3.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
Click the Login button.
4.
The System Information page displays.
Select Routing> Routing Table> Advanced > Route Configuration.
5.
Use the Route Type field to specify Default or static reject route.
6.
If you are creating a default route, all that must be specified is the next hop IP address;
otherwise, each field must be completed.
Network Address displays the IP route prefix for the destination.
7.
Description
The preference is an integer value from (0 to 255). The user can
specify the preference value (sometimes called administrative
distance) of an individual static route. Among routes to the same
destination, the route with the lowest preference value is the route
entered into the forwarding database. By specifying the preference of a
static route, the user controls whether a static route is more or less
preferred than routes from dynamic routing protocols. The preference
also controls whether a static route is more or less preferred than other
static routes to the same destination.
Administrative cost of the path to the destination. If no value is entered,
default is 1. The range is 0–255.
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