Configuring Static Routes For Lans; How To Configure A Lan Static Route - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Configuring Static Routes for LANs

How to Configure a LAN Static Route

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If you want these changes to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System > Yes.
Static routes are useful if you want to do any of the following on your network:
Eliminate routing traffic, which increases the bandwidth available for
data.
Limit user access to one portion of the network. For example, if a static
route for a network is configured on a router, any packets that are received
by the router are forwarded only to the destination network specified by
that static route.
Gain access to isolated areas of the network, which is useful if dealing
with legacy network topologies.
Gain access to a network more than 15 hops away.
Use a static route as a backup route to dynamic routes.
HINT:
Use this procedure to configure static routes when the next hop router is on
the same LAN as the router you are configuring.
To configure a static route for a LAN do the following:
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Load INETCFG, and then select Protocols > TCP/IP
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Configure the following static route parameters:
LAN Static Routing—Enables LAN static routing on the router.
Select this field, and then select Enabled.
LAN Static Routing Table—Entry point to the LAN static route
configuration parameters.
Press Ins and configure the following parameters:
Route Type—Select Network or Host if you want the destination at
the other end of the static route to be a single IP host or an IP network
(that is, a group of hosts). Or, you can select Default Route. If the
router must forward a packet for which it can find no destination in
its routing table, it sends the packet to the address specified by the
next hop for the default route. This type of blind forwarding keeps a
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Protocols