Static Routing in Netgear RT311

[nagetech]

Hey guys whats up. I'm new to the forum. I know if i need help in something, this is the place to go!

Now for the question..........

I have a Netgear RT311 Router. In the config pages, I came across a thing that said "Static Routing"

I ignored it all at first...but now...that little thing is sticking in my mind, and I want to know what it is....and how to implement it on my network......sure it might be a little redundant....but im always up for playing with new things

So if anyone could tell me what it is and how to set it up on my network...id be happy...and perhaps ill be able to sleep at night once more :)

[nagetech]

Aww come on! someone must know this!...pwease!

[MiCroStoogE]

The only reason you would need to configure static routing on your RT311 is if you had other routers on the LAN side of the 311. You could configure routing for the WAN side, but your ISP uses dynamic routing protocols for that already.

[Ground0]

A route is by definition a directional path to the LAN segments. In case the network is divided into several broadcast segments and you have intermediate routers to connect to all these segments then the information between the segments and these routing points are exchanged through some routing protocol (commonly RIP in all SOHO routers).

Now besides having a dynamic routing protocol such as RIP you would also need a path specifier between the two networks which means that it has to be done manually (or statically). Thus the need for a static route.

Suffice to say that static routes shall only be used if you have more than one router on the network.