TMS zl Management and Configuration Guide ST.1.0.090213

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Routing
Static Routing
Configuring Static Routes
To configure static routes, you must configure the following parameters:
■ Destination Type
The TMS zl Module allows three destination types:
• Network—select this option if the destination is a subnet.
• Host—select this option if the destination is a specific device.
• Default Gateway—select this option when creating a default route.
See “Configuring a Default Gateway” on page 9-7.
■ Destination Address
The destination is the address to be reached by this route. If you select
Network or Host for the destination type, you must also configure a
destination address. If you select Default Gateway for the destination type,
you do not need to configure a destination address; 0.0.0.0/0 is automati-
cally assigned as the destination address.
You should make the destination address as general as possible for the
gateway address to still be valid for all matching packets. For example,
instead of configuring separate routes to network 10.1.3.0/24 and network
10.1.2.0/24 on the TMS zl Module shown in Figure 9-1, you could enter a
route to the entire 10.1.0.0/16 network through Router A. Router A knows
more specific routes and forwards the traffic toward the correct destina-
tion.
Figure 9-1. Prefix Lengths with Static Routing