Netgear GSM7224v2 - 24-Port Layer 2 Managed Gigabit Switch User Manual

This screen can be used to configure the OSPFv3 Route Redistribution parameters. The 
allowable range for each field is displayed next to it. If an invalid value is entered in one or 
multiple fields, an alert message will be displayed with the list of all the valid values.

To display the Route Redistribution page, click Routing

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Redistribution.

Use Source to select those Source Protocols that have already been configured for 

redistribution by OSPFv3. The valid values are 'Static' and 'Connected'.

Use Redistribute Option to enable or disable the redistribution for the selected source 

protocol.

Use Metric to set the metric value to be used as the metric of redistributed routes. This 

field displays the metric if the source was pre-configured and can be modified. The valid 
values are 0 to 16777214.

Use Metric Type to set the OSPFv3 metric type of redistributed routes.

Use Tag to set the tag field in routes redistributed. This field displays the tag if the source 
was pre-configured, else a default tag value of 0 is displayed. The valid values are 0 to 
4294967295.

Router Discovery

The Router Discovery protocol is used by hosts to identify operational routers on the subnet. 
Router Discovery messages are of two types: “Router Advertisements” and “Router 
Solicitations.” The protocol mandates that every router periodically advertise the IP 
Addresses it is associated with. Hosts listen for these advertisements and discover the IP 
Addresses of neighboring routers.

From the Router Discovery tab, you can access the following pages: