Chapter 4 Status Screens
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4.2.2 Route Info
Routing is based on the destination address only and the P-870HN-51D takes the
shortest path to forward a packet. Click Status > Route Info to access this
screen. Use this screen to view the internal routing table on the P-870HN-51D.
Figure 22 Status > Route Info
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 6 Status > Route Info
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Destination This indicates the destination IP address of this route.
Gateway This indicates the IP address of the gateway that helps forward this route’s
traffic.
Subnet
Mask
This indicates the destination subnet mask of this route.
Flag This indicates the route status.
Up: The route is up.
!(Reject): The route is blocked and will force a route lookup to fail.
Gateway: The route uses a gateway to forward traffic.
Host: The target of the route is a host.
Reinstate: The route is reinstated for dynamic routing.
Dynamic (redirect): The route is dynamically installed by a routing daemon
or redirect
Modified (redirect): The route is modified from a routing daemon or
rederict.
Metric The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the
best route for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". The
smaller the number, the lower the "cost".
