Other Sources Of Routes In The Routing Table; Static Ip Route Parameters - HP ProCurve 6200yl Multicast And Routing Manual

IP Routing Features
Configuring Static IP Routes
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Other Sources of Routes in the Routing Table

The IP route table can also receive routes from these other sources:
■ Directly-connected networks: One route is created per IP interface. When
you add an IP interface, the routing switch automatically creates a route
for the network the interface is in.
RIP: If RIP is enabled, the routing switch can learn about routes from the
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advertisements other RIP routers send to the routing switch. If the RIP
route has a lower administrative distance than any other routes from
different sources to the same destination, the routing switch places the
route in the IP route table. (Refer to "Administrative Distance" on page 5-
6.)
■ OSPF: See RIP, but substitute "OSPF" for "RIP".
Default route: This is a specific static route that the routing switch uses
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if other routes to the destination are not available. See "Configuring the
Default Route" on page 5-21.

Static IP Route Parameters

When you configure a static IP route, you must specify the following
parameters:
The IP address and network mask for the route's destination network or
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host.
The route's path, which can be one of the following:
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• the IP address of a next-hop router.
• a "null" interface. The routing switch drops traffic forwarded to the
null interface.
The routing switch also applies default values for the following routing
parameters:
The route's metric: In the case of static routes, this is the value the
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routing switch uses when comparing a static route to routes in the IP route
table from other sources to the same destination. This is a fixed metric
for static IP routes, and is set to "1".
■ The route's administrative distance (page 5-6): In the case of static
routes, this is the value the routing switch uses to compare a static route
to routes from other route sources to the same destination before placing
a route in the IP route table. The default administrative distance for static
IP routes is 1, but can be configured to any value in the range of 1 - 255.