Routing; Policy And Static Routes Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications USG40 User Manual

11.1 Policy and Static Routes Overview

Use policy routes and static routes to override the ZyWALL/USG's default routing behavior in order
to send packets through the appropriate interface or VPN tunnel.
For example, the next figure shows a computer (A) connected to the ZyWALL/USG's LAN interface.
The ZyWALL/USG routes most traffic from A to the Internet through the ZyWALL/USG's default
gateway (R1). You create one policy route to connect to services offered by your ISP behind router
R2. You create another policy route to communicate with a separate network behind another router
(R3) connected to the LAN.
Figure 251 Example of Policy Routing Topology
A
R3
Note: You can generally just use policy routes. You only need to use static routes if you
have a large network with multiple routers where you use RIP or OSPF to
propagate routing information to other routers.

11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the Policy Route screens (see
• Use the Static Route screens (see
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361) to list and configure policy routes.
368) to list and configure static routes.
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