Routing; Chapter 9 Routing; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

9.1 Overview

The Device usually uses t he default gat eway t o rout e out bound t raffic from com put ers on t he LAN
t o t he I nt ernet . To have t he Device send dat a t o devices not reachable t hrough t he default gat eway,
use st at ic rout es.
For exam ple, t he next figure shows a com put er ( A) connect ed t o t he Device's LAN int erface. The
Device rout es m ost t raffic from A t o t he I nt ernet t hrough t he Device's default gat eway ( R1 ) . You
creat e one st at ic rout e t o connect t o services offered by your I SP behind rout er R2 . You creat e
anot her st at ic rout e t o com m unicat e wit h a separat e net work behind a rout er R3 connect ed t o t he
LAN.
Figure 59 Exam ple of Rout ing Topology
A
R3

9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use t he St a t ic Rou t e screen t o view and set up st at ic rout es on t he Device (
162) .
• Use t he Policy For w a r din g screen t o configure policy rout ing on t he Device. (
page 163) .
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Routing

Sect ion 9.2 on page
Sect ion 9.3 on
161