Adding A New Static Route - Motorola RFS7000 Series System Reference Manual

Subnet Mask
Gateway Address
Interface
Protocol
Active
4. Select an entry and click the
5. Click the Add button to create a new static route. For more information, see
Adding a New Static Route on page
6. Click Enable (to allow) or

4.2.2.1 Adding a New Static Route

Use the Add screen to add a new destination subnet, subnet mask and gateway for routing packets to a
defined destination. Use the screen when an existing destination subnet does not meet the needs of the
network. To add a new static route:
1. Click the Add button.
A new Configuration
and gateway for routing packets to a defined destination.
Displays the mask used for destination subnet entries. The Subnet
Mask is the IP mask used to divide internet addresses into blocks
(known as subnets). A value of 255.255.255.0 will support 256 IP
addresses.
Displays the IP address of the Gateway used to route the packets
to the specified destination subnet. Do not set the gateway
address to any VLAN interface used by the switch.
Displays the interface name to which destination subnet entries
are attached.
Displays the name of the routing protocol with which this route
was obtained. Possible values are:
• Static — Routes are statically added by the operator.
• DHCP — Routes that are obtained from the DHCP server.
• Connected — Routes automatically installed by the switch
for directly connected networks based on interface IP
addresses.
• Kernel/ICMP — Routes added as a result of receiving an
ICMP redirect from an intermediate router.
When IP Forwarding is enabled for the selected subnet, a green
check displays in the Active column. A red X defines the subnet as
disabled.
Delete button to remove the selected entry from the IP forwarding table.
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Disable (to deny) routing between VLANs.
screen displays enabling you to add a new destination subnet, subnet mask
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Network Setup