Routing Table; Chapter 23 Routing Table; Overview; The Routing Table Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

23.1 Overview

Routing is based on the destination address only and the Device takes the shortest path to forward
a packet.

23.2 The Routing Table Screen

Click System Monitor > Routing Table to open the following screen.
Figure 123 System Monitor > Routing Table
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 95 System Monitor > Routing Table
LABEL
Destination
Gateway
Subnet Mask
Flag
Metric
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DESCRIPTION
This indicates the destination IP address of this route.
This indicates the IP address of the gateway that helps forward this route's traffic.
This indicates the destination subnet mask of this route.
This indicates the route status.
U-Up: The route is up.
!-Reject: The route is blocked and will force a route lookup to fail.
G-Gateway: The route uses a gateway to forward traffic.
H-Host: The target of the route is a host.
R-Reinstate: The route is reinstated for dynamic routing.
D-Dynamic (redirect): The route is dynamically installed by a routing daemon or redirect.
M-Modified (redirect): The route is modified from a routing daemon or redirect.
The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best route for
transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". The smaller the number, the lower
the "cost".
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