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9.3 Static Routing

Static routes are special routes manually configured by the administrator and cannot change

automatically with the network topology accordingly. Hence, static routes are commonly used in a

relative simple and stable network. Proper configuration of static routes can greatly improve

network performance.

Choose the menu Routing→Static Routing→Static Routing Config to load the following page.

Figure 9-3 Static Routing Config

The following entries are displayed on this screen:

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Static Routing Config

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Static Route Table

Interface name: Displays the description of the egress interface.

Destination:

Specify the destination IP address of the packets.

Subnet Mask: Specify the subnet mask of the destination IP address.

Next Hop: Enter the IP address to which the packet should be sent next.

Distance:

Enter the distance metric of route. The smaller the distance is,

the higher the priority is.

Select: Specify the static route entries to modify.

Destination

Address:

Displays the destination IP address of the packets.

Subnet Mask: Displays the subnet mask of the destination IP address.

Next Hop: Displays the IP address to which the packet should be sent next.

Distance: Displays the distance metric of rout

e. The smaller the distance is,

the higher the priority is.

Metric: Displays the metric of the route.

Interface Name: Displays the name of the VLAN interface.