Chapter 46 IP Policy Routing

Table 250 Menu 25.1: IP Routing Policy Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

addr start / end

Destination IP address range from start to end.

 

 

port start / end

Destination port number range from start to end; applicable only for TCP/UDP.

 

 

Action

Specifies whether action should be taken on criteria Matched or Not Matched.

 

 

Gateway Type

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select IP Address and enter the IP

 

address of the gateway if you want to specify the IP address of the gateway. The

 

gateway is an immediate neighbor of your ZyWALL that will forward the packet to

 

the destination. The gateway must be a router on the same segment as your

 

ZyWALL's LAN or WAN port.

 

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Remote Node to have the

 

ZyWALL send traffic that matches the policy route through a specific WAN port.

 

 

Gateway addr

This field displays if you selected IP Address in the Gateway Type field. Defines

 

the outgoing gateway address. The gateway must be on the same subnet as the

 

ZyWALL if it is on the LAN, otherwise, the gateway must be the IP address of a

 

remote node. The default gateway is specified as 0.0.0.0.

 

 

Remote Node Idx

This field displays if you selected Remote Node in the Gateway Type field. Type

 

1 for WAN port 1 or 2 for WAN port 2.

Redirect Packet

This field applies if you selected Remote Node in the Gateway Type field.

 

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to have the ZyWALL send

 

traffic that matches the policy route through the other WAN interface if it cannot

 

send the traffic through the WAN interface you selected.

 

 

Type of Service

Set the new TOS value of the outgoing packet. Prioritize incoming network traffic

 

by choosing Don't Care, Normal, Min Delay, Max Thruput, Max Reliable or Min

 

Cost.

 

 

Precedence

Set the new outgoing packet precedence value. Values are 0 to 7 or Don't Care.

 

 

Log

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to make an entry in the

 

system log when a policy is executed.

 

 

Edit policy to

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes or No (default). Select Yes

packets received

to configure Menu 25.1.1: IP Routing Policy Setup discussed next.

from

 

 

 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt "Press [ENTER] to confirm or [ESC] to cancel" to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.

46.2.1 Applying Policy to Packets

To apply the policy to packets received on the selected interface(s), go to Menu 25.1: IP Routing Policy Setup and press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes in the Edit policy to packets received from field. Press [ENTER] to display Menu 25.1.1 - IP Routing Policy Setup (shown next).

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