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Chapter 35 Static Route
MGS3700-12C User’s Guide
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35.2  Configuring Static Routing 
Click IP Application > Static Routing in the navigation panel to display the 
screen as shown. 
Figure 169   IP Application > Static Routing 
The following table describes the related labels you use to create a static route. 
Table 113   IP Application > Static Routing 
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Active
This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.
Name
Enter a descriptive name (up to 10 printable ASCII characters) for 
identification purposes.
Destination 
IP Address
This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. 
IP Subnet 
Mask
Enter the subnet mask for this 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.
Gateway IP 
Address
Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate 
neighbor of your Switch that will forward the packet to the destination. 
The gateway must be a router on the same segment as your Switch.
Metric
The 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.
Add
Click Add to insert a new static route to the Switch’s run-time memory. 
The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the 
Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-
volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel
Click Cancel to reset the above fields to your previous configuration.
Clear Click 
Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.