Enabling Routing

Use the Enable Routing window to enable routing, configure a default gateway address and enable RIP listening.

When Enabled is selected, the module restarts, IP routing is enabled and VSDs can be created.  After restart, the MAC address assigned to the interface associated with the HST IP address may be different from the one currently being used. Therefore you may need to flush the ARP cache on your host before you can reconnect via Telnet.  Enabling routing on VLANs containing interfaces that are mirrored disables the mirror feature for those interfaces.

Procedure:

Step Action
1 Select Enabled in the Routing drop-down box.  

Caution: This step restarts the module when you click Apply.

2 Enter a default gateway address.   Entering an address allows the router to communicate to the rest of the network and the internet.
3 Select Yes in the Maintain connectivity using the Current Host IP address drop-down box.
4 Select Enabled in the RIP Listening drop-down box.
5 Click Apply.
6 Once the module is restarted, click Reload in your browser to view the updated application tree.

 

Field Descriptions

Routing Restarts the module and enables routing.
Default Gateway An IP address that connects the module to the rest of the network and the internet.  Packets having unknown destinations (not in the routing table) are sent to the default gateway.  The default gateway IP address is the address of the local router.
Maintain connectivity using currrent IP host address Allows the module to maintain connectivity during a module restart.  If you select Yes, the HST address is copied to the routing stack.
RIP Listening RIP Listening is the process of building routing table entries that listen to the RIP protocol.  If you select Enabled, the module builds its routing table from the contents of received RIP messages.  The module, however, does not transmit RIP messages.
Current IP host address Displays the current IP host address of the module.