The Policy Forwarding Screen - ZyXEL Communications SBG3500-N000 User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 39 Routing: Add/Edit
LABEL
Active
Route Name
IP Type
Destination IP
Address
IP Subnet Mask
Use Gateway IP
Address
Gateway IP
Address
Use Interface
Apply
Cancel

9.3 The Policy Forwarding Screen

Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the Device takes the shortest
path to forward a packet. Policy forwarding allows the 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.
The Policy Forwarding screen let you view and configure routing policies on the Device. Click
Network Setting > Routing > Policy Forwarding to open the following screen.
Figure 63 Network Setting > Routing > Policy Forwarding
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 40 Network Setting > Routing >Policy Forwarding
LABEL
Add new Policy
Forward Rule
#
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DESCRIPTION
This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.
Select this to enable the static route. Clear this to disable this static route without having to
delete the entry.
Enter a descriptive name for the static route.
Select whether your IP type is IPv4 or IPv6.
Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 network address of the final destination.
If you are using IPv4 and need to specify a route to a single host, use a subnet mask of
255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force the network number to be identical to
the host ID. Enter the IP subnet mask here.
The gateway is a router or switch on the same network segment as the device's LAN or WAN
port. The gateway helps forward packets to their destinations.
If you want to use the gateway IP address, select Enable.
Enter the IP address of the gateway.
Select the WAN interface you want to use for this static route.
Click Apply to save your changes.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
DESCRIPTION
Click this to create a new policy forwarding rule.
This is the index number of the entry.
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