ZyXEL Communications P-870HN-5xb - Overview; Policy Forwarding; The Policy Forwarding Screen; What You Can Do in this Chapter

P-870HN-5xb User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 13
Policy Forwarding
13.1 Overview
Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the Device
takes the shortest path to forward a packet. Policy forwarding allows the 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
Device (Section 13.2 on page 185).
13.2 The Policy Forwarding Screen
Click Advanced > Policy Forwarding to open the Policy Forwarding screen.
Figure 96 Advanced > Policy Forwarding