Static Routing - Hirschmann Power MICE User Manual

Static Routing

3 Static Routing
Static routes are user-defined routes which the Switch uses to transmit data
from one subnet to another.
The user specifies to which router (next hop) the Switch forwards data for a
particular subnet. Static routes are kept in a table which is permanently
stored in the Switch.
Compared to dynamic routing, the advantage of this transparent route
selection is offset by the increased workload involved in configuring the static
routes. Static routing is therefore suited to very small networks or to selected
areas of larger networks. Static routing makes the routes transparent for the
administrator and can be easily configured in small networks.
If, for example, a line interruption causes the topology to change, the
dynamic routing can react automatically to this, in contrast to the static
routing. If you combine static and dynamic routing, you can configure the
static routes in such a way that they have a higher priority than a route
selected by a dynamic routing procedure.
The first step in configuring the router is to globally switch on the router
function and configure the router interfaces.
The Switch allows you to define port-based and VLAN-based router
interfaces (see fig.
Example: Connecting two production cells
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