Policy Forwarding; Chapter 21 Policy Forwarding; Overview; The Policy Forwarding Screen - ZyXEL Communications P-660HN-51 - V1.10 Manual

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21.1 Overview

Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the ZyXEL
Device takes the shortest path to forward a packet. Policy forwarding allows the
ZyXEL Device to override the default routing behavior and alter the packet
forwarding based on the policy defined by the network administrator. Policy-based
routing is applied to outgoing packets, prior to the normal routing.
You can use source-based policy forwarding to direct traffic from different users
through different connections or distribute traffic among multiple paths for load
sharing.

21.2 The Policy Forwarding Screen

The Policy Forwarding screens let you view and configure routing policies on the
ZyXEL Device. Click Advanced > Policy Forwarding to open the Policy
Forwarding screen.
Figure 106 Advanced > Policy Forwarding
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 84 Advanced > Policy Forwarding
LABEL
Add new
Policy Forward
Rule
#
Policy Name
P-660HN-51 User's Guide

Policy Forwarding

DESCRIPTION
Click this to create a new policy forwarding rule.
This is the index number of the entry.
This is the name of the rule.
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