Netgear RT338 RT338 Reference Manual - Page 134

Reference Guide for the Model RT338 ISDN Router 3. Enter settings for the static route entry. Table 7-6 lists and describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route. Table 7-6. Edit IP Static Route Fields Field Route Name Active Destination IP Address IP Subnet Mask Gateway IP Address Metric Private Description Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only. Use this field to activate or deactivate this static route. Enter 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. Enter the IP address of the gateway to the destination network. The gateway is the next router that your router contacts in order to forward packets 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 the router at one of the remote nodes. Enter 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. Use this field to determine whether 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. Remote Node Configuration 7-17