Add/Edit Static Route; The Policy Forwarding Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

9.2.1 Add/Edit Static Route

Use t his screen t o add or edit a st at ic rout e. Click Add n e w st a t ic r ou t e in t he Rout ing screen or
t he Edit icon next t o t he st at ic rout e you want t o edit . The screen shown next appears.
Figure 61 Rout ing: Add/ Edit
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 38 Rout ing: Add/ Edit
LABEL
Act ive
Rout e Nam e
I P Type
Dest inat ion I P
Address
I P Subnet Mask
Use Gat eway I P
Address
Gat eway I P
Address
Use I nt erface
Apply
Cancel

9.3 The Policy Forwarding Screen

Tradit ionally, rout ing is based on t he dest inat ion address only and t he Device t akes t he short est
pat h t o forward a packet . Policy forwarding allows t he Device t o override t he default rout ing
behavior and alt er t he packet forwarding based on t he policy defined by t he net work adm inist rat or.
Policy- based rout ing is applied t o out going packet s, prior t o t he norm al rout ing.
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DESCRIPTION
This field allows you t o act ivat e/ deact ivat e t his st at ic rout e.
Select t his t o enable t he st at ic rout e. Clear t his t o disable t his st at ic rout e wit hout having t o
delet e t he ent ry.
Ent er a descript ive nam e for t he st at ic rout e.
Select whet her your I P t ype is I Pv4 or I Pv6 .
Ent er t he I Pv4 or I Pv6 net work address of t he final dest inat ion.
I f you are using I Pv4 and need t o specify a rout e t o a single host , use a subnet m ask of
255.255.255.255 in t he subnet m ask field t o force t he net work num ber t o be ident ical t o
t he host I D. Ent er t he I P subnet m ask here.
The gat eway is a rout er or swit ch on t he sam e net work segm ent as t he device's LAN or WAN
port . The gat eway helps forward packet s t o t heir dest inat ions.
I f you want t o use t he gat eway I P address, select Ena ble .
Ent er t he I P address of t he gat eway.
Select t he WAN int erface you want t o use for t his st at ic rout e.
Click Apply t o save your changes.
Click Ca n ce l t o exit t his screen wit hout saving.
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