Specify route preferences – NETGEAR M4350-24F4V 24-Port 10G SFP+ Managed AV Network Switch User Manual

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The Route Configuration page displays.

6. Select the check box for the route.

7. Click the Delete button.

Your settings are saved. The route is removed.

8. To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.

Specify route preferences

You can configure the default preference for each protocol, for example, 60 for static
routes or 120 for RIP. These values are arbitrary values in the range from 1 to 255 and
are independent of route metrics. Most routing protocols use a route metric to determine
the shortest path known to the protocol, independent of any other protocol.

The best route to a destination is chosen by selecting the route with the lowest preference
value. If multiple routes exist to a destination, the preference values are used to
determine the preferred route. If there is still a tie, the route with the best route metric
is chosen. To prevent problems with mismatched metrics such as protocols that are not
directly comparable, you must configure different preference values for each of the
protocols.

To specify route preferences

1. Launch a web browser.

2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see Log in to the main UI with a web
browser
on page 27 and the subsections.

The login page displays.

3. Click the Main UI Login button.

The main UI login page displays in a new tab.

4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login

button.

The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.

The System Information page displays.

5. Select Routing > Routing Table > Advanced > Route Preferences.

The Route Preferences page displays.

6. In the Static field, specify the static route preference on the switch.

The default value is 1. The range is from 1 to 255.

7. In the RIP field, specify the RIP route preference on the switch.

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