Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 947)

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To view route entries:
1. Select the Statistics menu from the Web UI.
2. Select System from the navigation pane (on the left-hand side of the screen). Expand a RF
Domain, select a controller or service platform, and select one of its connected Access Points.
3. Select Network and expand the menu to reveal its sub menu items.
4. Select Route Entries.
FIGURE 134 Access Point - Network Route Entries screen
The Route Entries screen supports the following:
Bridge
Network
Bridging is a forwarding technique used in networks. Bridging makes no assumption about where a
particular address is located. It relies on the flooding and examination of source addresses in
received packet headers to locate unknown devices. Once a device is located, its location is stored
in a table to avoid broadcasting to that device again. Bridging is limited by its dependency on
flooding, and is used in local area networks only. A bridge and an Access Point are very much alike,
as an Access Point can be viewed as a bridge with a number of ports.
Destination Displays the IP address of the destination route address.
FLAGS The flag signifies the condition of the direct or indirect route. A direct route is where the destination is
directly connected to the forwarding host. With an indirect route, the destination host is not directly
connected to the forwarding host. Possible flags include U (route is up), H (target is a host), G (use
gateway), R (reinstate route for dynamic routing), D (dynamically installed by daemon or redirect), M
(modified from routing daemon or redirect), A (installed by addrconf), C (cache entry) or! (reject route).
Gateway Displays the IP address of the gateway used to route packets to the specified destination subnet.
Interface Displays the interface name of the destination subnet.
Refresh Select the Refresh button to update the screen’s statistics counters to their latest values.