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M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
Manage Routing User Manual298
Configure Advanced Routes
To configure advanced routes:
1. Launch a web browser
.
2. In the address field of your web browser
, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password,
and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a
local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
4. Select Routing> Routing T
able> Advanced > Route Configuration.
5. Use the Route T
ype field to specify Default or static reject route.
If you are creating a default route, all that must be specified is the next hop IP address;
otherwise, each field must be completed.
6. Network Address displays the IP route prefix for the destination.
Preference The preference is an integer value from (0 to 255). The user can
specify the preference value (sometimes called administrative
distance) of an individual static route. Among routes to the same
destination, the route with the lowest preference value is the route
entered into the forwarding database. By specifying the preference of a
static route, the user controls whether a static route is more or less
preferred than routes from dynamic routing protocols. The preference
also controls whether a static route is more or less preferred than other
static routes to the same destination.
Metric Administrative cost of the path to the destination. If no value is entered,
default is 1.
The range is 0–255.
Table 105. Routing Table Basic Route Configuration (continued)
Field Description