ZyXEL P-128 User Guide - Page 87

Prestige 128IMH ISDN Modem/ Router/Hub Once you have completed filling in the Network Layer Options Menu, press [Enter] to return to Menu 11. Press [Enter] at the message [Press ENTER to Confirm...] to save your configuration, or press [Esc] at any time to cancel. 5.1.2 Static Route Setup Static routes tell the Prestige routing information that it cannot learn automatically through other means. This can arise in cases where RIP is disabled on the LAN or a remote network is beyond the one that is directly connected to a remote node. Each remote node specifies only the network to which the gateway is directly connected, and the N1 N2 N3 Router 1 Prestige Router 2 Prestige has no knowledge of the networks beyond. For instance, the Prestige knows about network N2 in the following diagram through remote node R. Howeve r, the Prestigeis unable to route a packet to network N3 because it doesn't know that there is a route through remote node R. The static routes are for you to tell the Prestige about the networks beyond the remote nodes. Figure 5-4 Example of Static Routing Topology To configure an IP static route, use Menu 12, Static Route Setup, as displayed below. Menu 12 - Static Route Setup Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5-5