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P-870H/HW Series User’s Guide
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Policy Forwarding
13.1 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.
13.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
The Policy Forwarding screens let you view and configure routing policies on the
ZyXEL Device (
13.2 The Static Route Screen
Click Advanced > Policy Forwarding to open the Policy Forwarding screen.
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Advanced > Policy Forwarding