|  | 12.1 | Initial Router Configuration
| 12.1.4 | The ip route command

The ip route command sets up a static route. - The administrative distance is a rating of the trustworthiness of a routing information source, expressed as a numeric value from 0 to 255. The higher the number, the lower the trustworthiness rating. A static route allows manual configuration of the routing table. No dynamic changes to this table entry will occur as long as the path is active. A static route may reflect some special knowledge of the networking situation known to the network administrator. Manually-entered administrative distance values for static routes are usually low numbers (1 is the default). Routing updates are not sent on a link if they are only defined by a static route, therefore, they conserve bandwidth.