Netgear XSM4324FS User Manual - Page 299

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches 7. Subnet Mask indicates the portion of the IP interface address that identifies the attached network. This is also referred to as the subnet/network mask. 8. Next Hop IP Address displays the outgoing router IP address to use when forwarding traffic to the next router (if any) in the path toward the destination. The next router is always one of the adjacent neighbors or the IP address of the local interface for a directly attached network. 9. Preference displays an integer value from 1 to 255. You can specify the preference value (sometimes called administrative distance) of an individual static route. Among routes to the same destination, the route with the lowest preference value is the route entered into the forwarding database. By specifying the preference of a static route, the user controls whether a static route is more or less preferred than routes from dynamic routing protocols. The preference also controls whether a static route is more or less preferred than other static routes to the same destination. 10. Use Description to specify the description of this route that identifies the route. The description must consist of alphanumeric, hyphen or underscore characters and can be up to 31 characters in length. 11. Click the Add button. The static route is added to the switch. The following table describes the nonconfigurable information displayed on the page. Table 106. Route Configuration - Learned Routes Field Network Address Subnet Mask Protocol Route Type Next Hop Interface Next Hop IP Address Description The IP route prefix for the destination. Also referred to as the subnet/network mask, this indicates the portion of the IP interface address that identifies the attached network. This field tells which protocol created the specified route. The possibilities are one of the following: • Local • Static This field can be either default or static. The outgoing router interface to use when forwarding traffic to the destination. The outgoing router IP address to use when forwarding traffic to the next router (if any) in the path toward the destination. The next router is always one of the adjacent neighbors or the IP address of the local interface for a directly attached network. Manage Routing 299 User Manual