Enterasys Networks CSX6000 - Manual (Page 155)

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C ONFIGURING B ASIC IP R OUTING
Static Routes
reachable directly and therefore no intermediate router will be used. The default metric value is 2.
The range of metric values for static routes is from 0 to 15.
You may manipulate the metric value to promote a certain default route, or to impede a default
route from being used. For example, if there is a route that in reality has several hops, but they are
all over LAN connections, you may want to assign a low metric to this route so that a route is taken
that is local, thus, no toll charges. Or, perhaps there is a route with a low number of hops, but the
connection is over a WAN. You may want to assign this route a high number of hops to limit toll
charges, in case there is a local route that could be used.
IP RIP P ROPAGATION C ONTROL
This controls how a static route is propagated via IP RIP. The following table provides an
explanation of how a IP RIP propagation control flag can be assigned to a static route.
Flag Meaning
Propagate Always This flag indicates that the route information is
always propagated via IP RIP.
This flag is available when the next hop is over a
LAN or a WAN interface.
Propagate only when the
Next Hop is Connected This flag indicates that the route information is
propagated via IP RIP only when the next hop router
is connected to the system.
This flag is available when the next hop is over a
LAN or a WAN interface.
Do Not Propagate This flag indicates that the static route information is
not propagated over the interface.
This flag is available only when the next hop is over
a WAN interface.