NETGEAR FR328S Cable/DSL ProSafe Firewall FR328S FR328S Reference Manual page 86

FR328S ProSafe Firewall with Dial Back-Up Reference Manual v2
Type a number between 1 and 15 as the Metric value.
h.
This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually,
a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set it to 1.
Click Apply to have the static route entered into the table.
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Advanced Configuration