Netopia R5000 User Manual

information; Low means that the RIP information takes precedence over the static route.

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If the static route conflicts with a connection profile, the connection profile will always take precedence. 

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To make sure that the static route is known only to the Netopia R5000 Series Router, select Advertise 
Route Via RIP and toggle it to No. To allow other RIP-capable routers to know about the static route, select 
Advertise Route Via RIP and toggle it to Yes. When Advertise Route Via RIP is toggled to Yes, a new item 
called RIP Metric appears below Advertise Route Via RIP.

With RIP Metric you set the number of routers, from 1 to 15, between the sending router and the 
destination router. The maximum number of routers on a packet’s route is 15. Setting RIP Metric to 1 
means that a route can involve 15 routers, while setting it to 15 means a route can only involve one router.

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Select ADD STATIC ROUTE NOW to save the new static route, or select CANCEL to discard it and return to 
the Static Routes screen.

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Up to 16 static routes can be created, but one is always reser ved for the default gateway, which is 
configured using either Easy Setup or the IP Setup screen in system configuration.

To modify a static route, in the Static Routes screen select Display/Change Static Route to display a table of 
static routes.

Select a static route from the table and go to the Change Static Route screen. The parameters in this screen 
are the same as the ones in the Add Static Route screen (see 

To delete a static route, in the Static Routes screen select Delete Static Route to display a table of static 
routes. Select a static route from the table and press Return to delete it. To exit the table without deleting the 
selected static route, press Escape.

The Netopia R5000 Series Router applies cer tain rules before installing enabled static routes in the IP routing 
table. An enabled static route will not be installed in the IP routing table if any of the following conditions are 
true:

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The static route’s Next Gateway IP Address matches the IP address used by a connection profile or the 
Router’s Ethernet por t.

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The static route’s Next Gateway IP Address matches an IP address in the range of IP addresses being 
distributed by MacIP or DHCP.

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The static route’s Next Gateway IP Address is determined to be unreachable by the Netopia R5000 Series 
Router.

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The static route’s route information conflicts with a connection profile’s route information.

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The connection profile associated with the static route is set for dial-in connections only, and there is no 
incoming call connected to that connection profile.

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The connection profile associated with the static route has a disabled dial-on-demand setting, and there is 
no current connection using that connection profile.