Exporting Static Routes Example

Static routes are manually configured on each router and are not exchanged among routers. If a static route needs to be advertised into another dynamic routing domain, exporting static routes configuration is needed.

In the following network diagram, RIP is enabled on all interfaces of GW-1, SW-1 and SW-2. RIP is also enabled on the ATM interface of GW-3, but it is not enabled on Ethernet interface of GW-3. Therefore, the network, 205.226.26.0 is not learned in RIP on SW-1, SW-2 and GW-1.


In order to reach network 205.226.26.0 from SW-2, a static route must be defined on SW-2.

By exporting static this route on SW-2 to RIP, other routers, such as SW-1 and GW-1 will also learn network 205.226.26.0 from RIP.


After normal IP and RIP configuration from clearVISN IP Switch Manager, do the following steps.

  1. Click .
  2. Click the Route Redistribution link in the Routing Configuration section.
  3. Click the From Static Route to RIP link in the redistribution table.
  4. Enter in the Router Filters edit box: 205.226.26.0.
  5. Enter in the Mask Length edit box: 24.
  6. Enter in the Metrics edit box: 2 (2 networks away).
  7. Click .

This will allow SW-2 to export static route to network 205.226.26.0/24 to the RIP domain.

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