Administrative distance
The IP route table contains the best path to a destination. When the software receives paths from more than one of the sources listed above, the software compares the administrative distance of each path and selects the path with the lowest administrative distance. The administrative distance is a protocol-independent value from 1 to 255.
The IP route table is displayed by entering the show ip route command from any context level in the console
CLI. Here is an example of an entry in the IP route table:
IP route table entry
Destination Gateway VLAN Type Sub-Type Metric Di ----------------- --------------- ---- --------- ---------- -------- -- 10.10.10.1/32 10.10.12.1 connected 1
Each IP route table entry contains the destination's IP address and subnet mask and the IP address of the next-hop router interface to the destination. Each entry also indicates route type, and for OSPF routes, the subtype, and the route's IP metric (cost). The type indicates how the IP route table received the route.
Enter the show ip route summary
command to display the aggregate count of routes for each routing
protocol.
IP route summary display
switch(config)# show ip route summary IPv4 Route Table Summary Protocol Active Routes --------- ------------- Connected 1 Static 1
To configure a static IP route, see Static Routing.