NETGEAR RH348 Reference Manual page 79

Table 7-3 lists and describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route.
Table 7-3. Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields
Field
Route Name
Active
Destination IP Address
IP Subnet Mask
Gateway IP Address
Metric
Private
TCP/IP Configuration
Reference Guide for the Model RT328 and Model RH348 ISDN Routers
Description
Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only.
This field allows you to activate or deactivate this static route.
This field specifies the IP network address of the final destination. Routing is
always based on network number. If you need to specify a route to a single
host, use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force
the network number to be identical to the host ID.
Enter the subnet mask for this destination. For more information about setting
IP subnet masks, see
Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor
of the router that forwards the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the
gateway must be a router on the same segment as the router. Over ISDN, the
gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
The Metric field represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes. IP
routing uses hop counts as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1 for
directly connected networks. Enter a number that approximates the cost for
this link. The number does not have to be precise, but it must be between 1
and 16. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
This field determines if the router includes the route to this remote node in its
RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and not included in any
RIP broadcast. If set to No, the route to this remote node is propagated to
other hosts through RIP broadcasts.
"Subnet Addressing" on page 1-10.
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