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Route tab

Use the Route tab to delete routes, whether it is static or a dynamically learned route from RIP or OSPF. Therefore, you should exercise care when deleting entries from the route table. To access the Route tab, choose IP Routing > Route.

To open the Route tab:

From the main menu, choose IP Routing > IP > Route.
The IP dialog box opens with the Route tab displayed.


Field Description
Dest
The destination IP network of this route. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.0 is considered a default route. Multiple routes to a single destination can appear in the table, but access to such multiple entries is dependent on the table access mechanisms defined by the network management protocol in use.
Mask
Indicates the network mask to be logically banded with the destination address before being compared to the value in the ipRouteDest field.
Interface
The router interface for this route.
  • Virtual router interfaces are identified by the VLAN number of the VLAN followed by the VLAN designation.
  • Physical interfaces are identified by the slot/port number of the isolated routing port.
NextHop
The IP address of the next hop of this route.
Type
The type of route:
  • direct
  • indirect
Note that the values direct and indirect refer to the notion of direct and indirect routing in the IP architecture.
Proto
The routing mechanism through which this route was learned:
  • local = directly learned
  • netmgmt = a static route
  • RIP
  • OSPF
Age
The number of seconds since this route was last updated or otherwise determined to be correct.
HopOrMetric
The primary metric for this route. The semantics of this metric are specific to different routing protocols.


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