User Manual Part 2

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Routing
The Routing page enables you to define specific route for your Internet and
network data. Most users do not need to define routes. On a typical small home or
office LAN, the existing routes that set up the default gateways for your LAN hosts
and for the WLAN ADSL Router provide the most appropriate path for all your
Internet traffic.
On your LAN hosts, a default gateway directs all Internet traffic to the
LAN port(s) on the WLAN ADSL Router. Your LAN hosts know their
default gateway either because you assigned it to them when you modified
your TCP/IP properties, or because you configured them to receive the
information dynamically from a server whenever they access the Internet.
On the WLAN ADSL Router itself, a default gateway is defined to direct
all outbound Internet traffic to a route at your ISP. The default gateway is
assigned either automatically by your ISP whenever the device negotiates
an Internet access, or manually by user to setup through the configuration.
You may need to define routes if your home setup includes two or more networks
or subnets, if you connect to two or more ISP services, or if you connect to a
remote corporate LAN.
Enable: Checked to enable the selected route or route to be added.
Destination: The network IP address of the subnet. The destination can be
specified as the IP address of a subnet or a specific host in the subnet. It can also be

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