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Fields in the IP Route Display
Status for Routes
Field Description
Destination IP address of the destination network, subnetwork, or host. This
field can also identify a default route, which the system uses to
forward packets that do not match any other routing table entry.
You may want to use the default route in place of routes to
numerous destinations that all have the same gateway IP
address.
Subnet mask Subnet mask that is associated with the IP address of the
destination network, subnetwork, or host.
Metric Associated cost of sending a packet to the destination. The
system includes the metric in its RIP and OSPF updates to allow
other routers to compare routing information received from
different sources.
Gateway Address that directs the router how to forward packets whose
destination addresses match the route’s IP address and subnet
mask. The system forwards such packets to the indicated
gateway.
Status Status of the route. See the following status table.
TTL Time To Live — Time remaining before the route expires or is
reset.
Field Description
Direct Route is for a directly connected network
Learned Route was learned using indicated protocol
Learned
RIP-Zombie
Route was learned but is partially timed out. This condition is
applied to all learned routes reached by an interface gateway
which is in the down state.
Learned RIP2 Route was learned using RIP-2 protocol
Local Actual interface address
Static Route was statically configured
Timed out Route has timed out and is no longer valid
