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19 Low level route management
To enter device management activate advanced options in the “Config” tab.
Then click on the “Routes” tab.
These are the routes towards the different networks or hosts known by the
firewall. All the routes are shown in the “Netview” as elements. Routes do not
allow traffic by themselves for this policies should be added in the “Netview”.
Most routes are created by various wizards. But when a LAN is segmented it is
sometimes necessary to add routes by hand.
19.1 Route parameters
Name
The label of the route in netview. Chose any name, everything is allowed.
There are some characters that can't be used such as: space ' , = or "
Device
The device to which this route is connected.
Network
This is the endpoint of this route, which can be a host or a network.
When no netmask is given it will default to 32 and point towards a single host.
After the route is submitted the netmask will be applied to the IP address and
the base network address will be entered. Thus 192.168.99.3/24 will become
192.168.99.0/24.
Gateway
This is the gateway to the network or host. When the route is directly
connected to the firewall this can be left empty or identical to the local
address.
Local
A route will always bind to a specific local address of the device, choose one
when there are multiple IP-addresses defined on the device.
19.2 Edit the mac address of a route
You can set the MAC-address of the Ethernet-card of a host. This may serve two
purposes:
➢ It prevents other computers from using the specified IP address. The MAC-
address and the IP address form a pair which will be enforced by the firewall.
➢ It also provides the possibility to use static leases when the firewall acts as
the DHCP server of the network. The host, with this MAC-address, will always
get the IP address given in the network column of the route.
19.3 Bandwidth limits to a route
In the column bandwidth setup of a given route can be modified. There are four
different numbers. Down means from Internet, up means towards Internet.
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