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VSG1435-B101 Series User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 11
Policy Forwarding
11.1 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.
11.2 The Policy Forwarding Screen
The Policy Forwarding screens let you view and configure routing policies on the
ZyXEL Device. Click Network Settings > Routing > Policy Forwarding to open
the Policy Forwarding screen.
Figure 61 Network Settings > Routing > Policy Forwarding
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 40 Network Settings > Routing > Policy Forwarding
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add new
Policy Forward
Rule
Click this to create a new policy forwarding rule.
# This is the index number of the entry.
Policy Name This is the name of the rule.