
Configuring IP Services
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Defining a Static Route
A static route is a manually configured route that specifies the transmission path a
datagram must follow, based on the datagram’s destination address. A static route
specifies a transmission path to another network. You configure a static route if
you want to restrict the paths that datagrams follow to paths you specifically
configure.
Static routes remain in IP routing tables until you remove them. Note, however,
that if the interface that was used to reach the next hop in the static route becomes
disabled, the static route disappears from the IP routing table.
Defining a Black Hole for a Supernet
A router that advertises an aggregate route by using a supernet address to
represent multiple explicit routes must be able to discard packets that match the
supernet address but that do not match any of the explicit routes.
For example, consider a router that advertises an aggregate route using the
supernet address 192.32.0.0/255.255.248. The supernet address represents eight
specific networks: 192.32.0.0 through 192.32.7.0. Once the aggregate route has
been propagated, the router receives network traffic for each of these specific
destinations.
At some point, the router loses connectivity to network 192.32.3.0, one of the
networks in the supernet. The router continues to forward traffic that matches
destinations 0.0 through 2.0 and 4.0 through 7.0. However, the router can no
longer find a complete match in the routing table for the disconnected network,
3.0. The router must drop all traffic destined for 192.32.3.0.
To force the router to drop the packet for an unmatched destination, you configure
a special type of static route for a supernet called a black hole. Specifically, you
enter the supernet address/mask pair as the Destination IP Address and Address
Mask parameter values on the IP Static Routes window. To create the black hole,
you enter the black hole encoding (255.255.255.255) as the Next Hop Addr and
Next Hop Mask parameter values.
For instructions on using Site Manager to configure a static route, see “Configuring Static
Routes” on page 2-63.
For instructions on using Site Manager to define a black hole in an aggregate route, see
“Configuring Static Routes” on page 2-63.
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