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CHAPTER 9

Routing

9.1 Overview

The Device usually uses the default gateway to route outbound traffic from computers on the LAN

to the Internet. To have the Device send data to devices not reachable through the default gateway,

use static routes.

For example, the next figure shows a computer (A) connected to the Device’s LAN interface. The

Device routes most traffic from A to the Internet through the Device’s default gateway (R1). You

create one static route to connect to services offered by your ISP behind router R2. You create

another static route to communicate with a separate network behind a router R3 connected to the

LAN.

Figure 58 Example of Routing Topology

9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

•Use the Static Route screen to view and set up static routes on the Device (Section 9.2 on page

164).

•Use the Policy Forwarding screen to configure policy routing on the Device. (Section 9.3 on

page 165).

WAN

LAN