ZyXEL Communications VES-1000 Series User Manual page 60

VES-1000 Series Ethernet Switch
FIELD
Destination IP
Address
IP Subnet Mask
Gateway IP Address
Metric
When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt "Press ENTER to Confirm..." to save your
configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.
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Table 6-A Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields
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.
Enter the subnet mask for this destination. Follow the discussion on IP
subnet mask in this chapter.
Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate
neighbor of your VES-1000 Series switch that forwards the packet to the
destination. The gateway must be a router on the same segment as
your VES-1000 Series switch.
The metric represents the "cost" of transmission for routing purposes. IP
routing uses hop count 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 need not be precise, but it must be
between 1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
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Static Route Setup