Setting Up Static Routes

1. From the top menu, click Controller.
   The Wireless Controller Configuration screen displays.
2. In the left pane, click Network > Routing Protocols.
   The Static Routes tab is displayed.

   

   
3. To add a new route, click New, and in the Edit route dialog, enter the following information:
   • In the Destination Address box, type the IP address of the destination controller.

     To define a default static route for any unknown address not in the routing table, type 0.0.0.0.

   • In the Subnet Mask box, type the appropriate subnet mask to separate the network portion from the host portion of the IP address (typically 255.255.255.0). To define the default static route for any unknown address, type 0.0.0.0.
   • In the Gateway box, type the IP address of the adjacent router port or gateway on the same subnet as the controller to which to forward these packets. This is the IP address of the next hop between the controller and the packet‘s ultimate destination.
   • Select the Override dynamic routes checkbox to give priority over the OSPF learned routes, including the default route, which the controller uses for routing. This option is enabled by default.
   • To remove this priority for static routes, so that routing is controlled dynamically at all times, clear the Override dynamic routes checkbox.
     

     Note

     If you enable dynamic routing (OSPF), the dynamic routes will normally have priority for outgoing routing. For internal routing on the controller, the static routes normally have priority.
4. To save your changes, click Save.