Static Route; Adding A Static Route - Net Insight Nimbra One User Manual

Static route

82 • DTM Configuration
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To use DRP, all that is necessary is to enable DRP on all nodes in the network
and then remove all the static routing entries that have been added to the nodes
as shown in the section on Static Routing.

Adding a static route

1. Navigate to the DTM|Routing. The start web page for Routing
configuration is shown in, Figure 77.
Figure 77 Routing
2. Click on Add route, the Route page, Figure 78, will appear.
Figure 78. The add route page
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Route id: States the id of this routing entry.
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Administrative status: The Administrative status for this routing entry.
Down means that the route is ignored. Up means that the routing entry
shall be used.
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Type: The type of routing entry. Set to static for static routes. (Link prefix
and Area prefix are for dynamic routing.)
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Destination: The address of the remote node or network.
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Prefix: The length of netmask for the remote subnet.
E.g. Prefix 64 = FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF
E.g. Prefix 56 = FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.00
E.g. Prefix 48 = FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.00.00
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Next hop: The DTM address of the neighboring node that can be used to
reach the destination.
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Metric: The cost associated with using this route. A route with a lower
metric will be tried before a route with a higher metric.
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