Static Routes - Netopia 4541 User Reference Manual

8-6 User's Reference Guide
If you have configured multiple Ethernet IP subnets, the IP Setup screen changes slightly:
Subnet Configuration...
Default IP Gateway:
Primary Domain Name Server:
Secondary Domain Name Server:
Domain Name:
Receive RIP...
Transmit RIP...

Static Routes...

Network Address Translation (NAT)...
Set up the basic IP attributes of your Netopia in this screen.
The IP address and Subnet mask items are hidden, and the Define Additional Subnets... item becomes Subnet
Configuration.... If you select Subnet Configuration, you will return to the IP Subnets screen that allows you to
define IP addresses and masks for additional Ethernet IP subnets.
Static routes
Static routes are IP routes that are maintained manually. Each static route acts as a pointer that tells the
Netopia 4541/4542 how to reach a particular network. However, static routes are used only if they appear in
the IP routing table, which contains all of the routes used by the Netopia 4541/4542 (see
page 12-7).
Static routes are helpful in situations where a route to a network must be used and other means of finding the
route are unavailable. For example, static routes are useful when you cannot rely on RIP.
To go to the Static Routes screen, select Static Routes in the IP Setup screen and press Return.
IP Setup
192.128.117.163
0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0
Both
v2 (multicast)
IP Address Serving...
"IP Routing Table" on