Routing Table; Chapter 23 Routing Table; Overview; The Routing Table Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

23.1 Overview

Rout ing is based on t he dest inat ion address only and t he Device t akes t he short est pat h t o forward
a packet .

23.2 The Routing Table Screen

Click Syst e m M onit or > Rou t in g Ta ble t o open t he following screen.
Figure 123 Syst em Monit or > Rout ing Table
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 95 Syst em Monit or > Rout ing Table
LABEL
Dest inat ion
Gat eway
Subnet Mask
Flag
Met ric
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DESCRIPTION
This indicat es t he dest inat ion I P address of t his rout e.
This indicat es t he I P address of t he gat eway t hat helps forward t his rout e's t raffic.
This indicat es t he dest inat ion subnet m ask of t his rout e.
This indicat es t he rout e st at us.
U- Up: The rout e is up.
!- Re j e ct : The rout e is blocked and will force a rout e lookup t o fail.
G- Ga t e w a y: The rout e uses a gat eway t o forward t raffic.
H - H ost : The t arget of t he rout e is a host .
R- Re in st a t e : The rout e is reinst at ed for dynam ic rout ing.
D - D yn a m ic ( r e dir e ct ) : The rout e is dynam ically inst alled by a rout ing daem on or redirect .
M - M odifie d ( r e dir e ct ) : The rout e is m odified from a rout ing daem on or redirect .
The m et ric represent s t he " cost of t ransm ission" . A rout er det erm ines t he best rout e for
t ransm ission by choosing a pat h wit h t he lowest " cost " . The sm aller t he num ber, t he lower
t he " cost " .
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