ZyXEL Communications 2 Plus User Manual

 Chapter 18 Static Route

ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide

Click the edit icon in the IP Static Route screen. The screen shown next appears. Use this 
screen to configure the required information for a static route.

Figure 228   ADVANCED > STATIC ROUTE > IP Static Route > Edit

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 101   ADVANCED > STATIC ROUTE > IP Static Route > Edit

Route Name

Enter the name of the IP static route. Leave this field blank to delete this static route.

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 IP subnet mask here.

Gateway IP 

Address

Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is a router or switch on the same 

network segment as the device's LAN or WAN port. The gateway helps forward 

packets to their destinations.

Metric

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 ZyWALL will include this route to a remote node in 

its RIP broadcasts.
Select this check box to keep this route private and not included in RIP broadcasts. 

Clear this check box to propagate this route to other hosts through RIP broadcasts.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.