# Static Routes in netlab Lab Topologies

DevFeed: [Static Routes in netlab Lab Topologies](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/static-routes-in-netlab-lab-topologies-11205.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/06/netlab-static-routes/>)

Published: 2025-06-23T05:50:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [Network Configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network-configuration.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [ipv4](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv4.md>), [ipv6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv6.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to define static routes in netlab lab topologies. It describes destination prefixes, next hops, optional VRF information, gateway and discard-route support, and examples using automatically assigned interface addresses.

## Source excerpt

As much as we'd love everything in our networks to be dynamic, auto-configured, or software-defined, reality often intervenes and forces us to use static routes, so we needed a mechanism to specify them in netlab lab topologies. A static route has two components: the destination prefix and the next hop - the device that we hope knows how to reach that destination. The next hop is usually specified as an IPv4 or IPv6 address, but may also include outgoing interface information1. Read more ...