Netgear 10300137 Manuel D’Utilisation

Static Route Example

As an example of when a static route is needed, consider the following case:

Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP.

You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where 

you are employed. This router’s address on your LAN is 192.168.0.100.

Your company’s network is 134.177.0.0.

When you first configured your router, two implicit static routes were created. A default route 
was created with your ISP as the router, and a second static route was created to your local 
network for all 192.168.0.x addresses. With this configuration, if you attempt to access a 
device on the 134.177.0.0 network, your router forwards your request to the ISP. The ISP 
forwards your request to the company where you are employed, and the request is likely to 
be denied by the company’s firewall.

In this case you must define a static route, telling your router that 134.177.0.0 should be 
accessed through the ISDN router at 192.168.0.100. 

In this example:

The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route 

applies to all 134.177.x.x addresses. 

The Gateway IP Address fields specify that all traffic for these addresses should be 

forwarded to the ISDN router at 192.168.0.100. 

In the Metric field, a value of 1 will work since the ISDN router is on the LAN.  

This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. This is 
a direct connection, so it is set to 1.

Private is selected only as a precautionary security measure in case RIP is activated.

From the main menu, under the Advanced heading, select Static Routes to view the 
Static Routes screen: