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Fields in the IP Route Display

Status for Routes

Field

Description

Destination

IP address of the destination network, subnetwork, or host. This
field can also identify a default route, which the system uses to
forward packets that do not match any other routing table entry.
You may want to use the default route in place of routes to
numerous destinations that all have the same gateway IP
address.

Subnet mask

Subnet mask that is associated with the IP address of the
destination network, subnetwork, or host.

Metric

Associated cost of sending a packet to the destination. The
system includes the metric in its RIP and OSPF updates to allow
other routers to compare routing information received from
different sources.

Gateway

Address that directs the router how to forward packets whose
destination addresses match the route’s IP address and subnet
mask. The system forwards such packets to the indicated
gateway.

Status

Status of the route. See the following status table.

TTL

Time To Live — Time remaining before the route expires or is
reset.

Field

Description

Direct

Route is for a directly connected network

Learned

Route was learned using indicated protocol

Learned
RIP-Zombie

Route was learned but is partially timed out. This condition is
applied to all learned routes reached by an interface gateway
which is in the down state.

Learned RIP2

Route was learned using RIP-2 protocol

Local

Actual interface address

Static

Route was statically configured

Timed out

Route has timed out and is no longer valid