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QuadroM32x/8L/26x/12Li/26xi Manual II: Administrator's Guide Administrator’s Menus
QuadroM32x/8L/26x/12Li/26xi; (SW Version 5.3.x)
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IP Routing Configuration
Routing is used to relay information across the Internet from a source to a destination. Along the way, at least one intermediate node is typically
encountered. Routing is different than bridging. The main difference between bridging and routing is that bridging operates at the OSI Data Link
Layer (Level Two Media Access Control Layer) and routing operates at OSI Network Layer (Level Three).
Quadro’s IP Routing service allows you to route IP packets from one destination to another (or to a specified router) through Quadro or a Quadro
VPN.
The IP Routing Configuration page is used to make IP Static, IP Policy and VPN routes for IP packets routing. This page consists of three tables.
Entries in the tables are color coded according to the state of the route. For example, yellow indicates disabled routes, green indicates successful
routes and red indicates routes with an error.
IP Static Routes are used to forward IP packets from the
Network, where
the Quadro is connected, to the specified
destination.
The IP Static Routes table displays all established IP static
routes with their parameters: Target State
for the state of the
route (enabled or disabled), Actual State for the state of the route
connection (up, down or erroneous), Route To for the subnet
where the incoming packets should be routed to and Via IP
Address for the router IP address where incoming packets should
be routed through.
Add opens the Add IP Static Route page where a new static
route can be established.
Enable/Disable is used to activate and deactivate a selected
route(s). At least one route should be selected in order to use
these functions, otherwise the following error message will
appear: “No record(s) selected.”
Fig. II-35: IP Static Routing table
The Add IP Static Route page offers the following components:
Route To
requires the IP address and subnet mask for the
destination the IP packet should be forwarded to.
Via IP Address requires the IP address of the subsequent router
for IP packet forwarding to the specified destination.
Attention:
The rule with the longest subnet (smallest IP range)
will take effect when having two or more IP Static routing rules
with the coinciding subnets.
Fig. II-36: Add IP Static Routing page
IP Policy Routes allow IP packets forwarding to the specified router depending on the source IP address as well as defining the priority for the
current routing rule.
The IP Policy Routes table displays all specified IP policy routes
with their parameters: Target State for the state of the route
(enabled or disabled), Actual State
for the state of the route
connection (up, down or erroneous), Priority for the route priority,
Route From is where the subnet, routed packets come from and
Via IP Address is where the router IP address incoming packets
should be routed through.
Add opens the Add IP Policy Route page to establish a new
policy route.
Enable and Disable are used to activate or to deactivate the
selected route(s).
Raise Priority and Lower Priority are used to increase or
decrease the priority of the selected policy route(s) by one. At
least one route should be selected to use these functions,
otherwise the error message “No record(s) selected” will appear.
Fig. II-37: IP Policy Routing table
The Add IP Policy Route page offers the following input options:
Priority requires a numeric value (from 1 to 252) to define the
priority of the routing rule. The lower the number, the sooner the
routing rule will take effect (higher priority).
From requires the packet source IP address and subnet mask of
the specified destination to match with the rule.
Via IP address requires the IP address of the subsequent router
for IP packet forwarding.
Fig. II-38: Add IP Policy Route page