NAT
If this Router is hosting your
network's connection to the Internet, select Enabled.
If another Router exists on your network select Disabled.
When NAT is disabled, Dynamic Routing (RIP)
will be available as an option.
Dynamic
Routing (RIP)
This feature enables the Router
to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network’s
layout and exchange routing tables with the other router(s). The
Router determines the network packets’ route based on the fewest
number of hops between the source and the destination. This
feature is Disabled
by default.
Static
Routing
To set up a static
route between the Router and another network, select a number
from the
Static Routing
drop-down list. (A
static route is a pre-determined pathway that network
information must travel to reach a specific host or network.)
Enter the information described below to set up a new static
route. (Click the Delete This Entry button to delete a static
route.)
Enter a name for
the Route here, using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.
The Destination
LAN IP is the address of the remote network or host to which you
want to assign a static route.
The Subnet Mask
determines which portion of a Destination LAN IP address is the
network portion, and which portion is the host portion.
This is the IP
address of the gateway device that allows for contact between
the Router and the remote network or host.
This interface
tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN &
Wireless (Ethernet and wireless networks), the
WAN (Internet), or
Loopback
(a dummy network in which one PC
acts like a network—necessary for certain software programs).
Click the
Show Routing Table button to view
the Static Routes you’ve already set up.