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EchoLife HG612 FTTC VDSL NTE
User Guide
5 Parameter Settings
Issue 01 (2009-05-15)
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
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Table 5-7
5.6 Configuring the Routing Function
Function
The routing function enables a computer network to forward data packets between
different subnets so that computers in different subnets can communicate with each
other.
Path
Choose Advanced > Routing.
Parameter Description
Table 5-7 describes static routing parameters.
Static routing parameters
Parameter Description
Destination network
address
It specifies the IP address of the destination computer. It can
be the IP address of a specific computer or the IP address of
a network. This destination IP address can also be
0.0.0.0
,
which indicates that the destination address is not specified.
Then, the HG612 checks whether there is another routing
rule is using this destination IP address. If not, data packets
are routed based the other parameter settings. For example,
data packets can be transmitted to the gateway that is set
through
Default gateway
.
Subnet mask
It specifies the subnet mask. The subnet mask along with the
destination IP address defines the destination network of
data packets.
Default gateway
It specifies the IP address of the gateway that receives data
packets.
If the destination IP address of data packets is within the
destination network defined by the routing rule, the HG612
forwards the data packets to this gateway.
Interface It specifies the ID of the connection to be configured.
New
To display the page for creating routing rules, click this
button.
Remove To remove certain routing settings, click this button.
Table 5-8 describes dynamic routing parameters.