ZyXEL Communications 480 - Manual (Page 76)

Prestige 480 ISDN Router
5-8 Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration
The following table describes the fields for Menu 12.1 – Edit IP Static Route Setup.
Table 5-3 Edit IP Static Route Menu Fields
Field Description
Route Name Enter a descriptive name for this route. This is for identification purposes only.
Active This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.
Destination IP
Address This parameter specifies 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.
IP Subnet
Mask Enter the subnet mask for this destination. Follow the discussion on IP subnet mask in
this chapter.
Gateway IP
Address Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your
Prestige that will forward the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be
a router on the same segment as your Prestige; over WAN, the gateway must be the IP
address of one of the remote nodes.
Metric The metric represents the “cost” of transmission for routing purposes. IP routing uses
hop count 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 need not
be precise, but it must be between 1 and 15. In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good
number.
Private This parameter determines if the Prestige will include the route to this remote node in its
RIP broadcasts. If set to Yes, this route is kept private and not included in RIP
broadcast. If No, the route to this remote node will be propagated to other hosts through
RIP broadcasts.