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Routing Gateway Configuration

With dynamic routing, it is often useful to add a static route into the kernel routing table, or to force the routing daemon to ignore route updates for a network. These measures provide greater control over the path that packets take to known destinations. For example, you might create a default route to your Internet service provider, forcing packets for an unknown remote host to always be sent to the ISP router.

The IRIX kernel compares the destination address in each network packet that it receives to the addresses of the local network interfaces. If the address does not match any interface address, it searches the kernel routing table for the best matching address. If it finds a matching Host route (an exact address match) or a matching Network route, it sends the packet to the gateway that is designated in the matching routing table entry. If there is no other route, the packet is forwarded to the gateway for the default route (host route for 0.0.0.0) if a default host route is listed in the table.

Use the Gateway Configuration form to change the following parameters:

Enable dynamic routing This selection turns routing on and off for this system. Select Yes to turn on dynamic routing and No to turn it off. Typically, any system connected to a company intranet that contains more than one network should have dynamic routing turned on.

(Default value: Yes)

Note: This is identical to the Enable dynamic routing selection on the Dynamic Routing form. You can change the setting from either form (your selection is automatically applied to the Dynamic Routing form to update it).

(Default value: none)

Add New Gateway This field contains the packet destination address of a gateway that you want to add. Enter the address and select the Add New Gateway button to display the Add New Gateway form. Complete the entry fields on this form and click the Ok button to add the gateway. Enter the packet destination address in dotted decimal (such as 1.2.3.4 for a host route or 1.2.0.0 for a network route) or hexadecimal (such as 0x01020304) notation.

(Default value: none)

Edit Selected Gateway This list contains the addresses of active gateways. Select a destination address from the list and select the Edit Selected Gateway button to display the Edit Gateway form and make your changes. When you finish, click the Ok button to put the changes in effect.

(Default value: none)

Delete Selected Gateway Select a destination address from the list and click the Delete Selected Gateway button to remove the address from the list. Then click the Ok button to put the changes in effect.

(Default value: none)

IP address of destination: This information field contains the currently selected destination address in Add or Edit Gateway form. This field is not editable.

(Default value: none)

IP address of gateway system: This is the address of a system closer to the destination that knows how to reach the destination address. Enter a fully qualified host address in dotted decimal (such as 1.2.3.4) or hexadecimal (such as 0x01020304) notation.

(Default value: none)

Type of destination address: This field specifies the type of the destination address. If the address is a host address (such as 1.2.3.4) or the default destination 0.0.0.0, then select host. If the address is a network address (such as 1.2.3.0), then select VAR>net.

(Default value: none)

Mode of network gateway: If this gateway is running a routing daemon, select active; this selection notifies the gateway that it should exchange routing information on the network. Select passive if the gateway should not exchange routing information.

(Default value: none)

Number of hops from route interface to destination: This is the number of systems between the Internet Gateway and the destination system, including the Gateway itself. A hop count of 0 means that the destination is the local host; a hop count of 16 is considered infinite and no packets will ever be forwarded there.

(Default value: none)
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