Routing Configuration

Routing is the process of selecting IP paths to send access point managed network traffic. Use the Routing screen to set destination IP and gateway addresses enabling assignment of static IP addresses for requesting clients without creating numerous host pools with manual bindings. This eliminates the need for a long configuration file and reduces the resource space required to maintain address pools.

Both IPv4 and IPv6 routes are separately configurable using their appropriate tabs. For IPv6 networks, routing is the part of IPv6 that provides forwarding between hosts located on separate segments within a larger IPv6 network where IPv6 routers provide packet forwarding for other IPv6 hosts.

To create static routes:

Select the Configuration > Devices > System Profile tab from the Web UI.
Expand the Network menu and select Routing.
The IPv4 Routing tab displays by default.
Select IP Routing to enable static routes using IPv4 addresses. This option is enabled by default.
Select the Policy Based Routing policy to apply to this profile. Select the Create icon to create a policy based route or select the Edit icon to edit an existing policy after selecting it in the drop-down list. For more information on creating a Policy Based Routing Policy, see Policy Based Routing (PBR).
Select Add Row + as needed to include single rows with in the static IPv4 route table.
Add IP addresses and network masks in the Network Address column of the Static Routes table.
Provide the Gateway used to route traffic.

Refer to the Default Route Priority field and set the following parameters:

Static Default Route Priority	Use the spinner control to set the priority value (1 - 8,000) for the default static route. This is weight assigned to this route versus others that have been defined. The default setting is 100.
DHCP Client Default Route Priority	Use the spinner control to set the priority value (1 - 8,000) for the default route learnt from the DHCP client. The default setting is 1000.
Enable Routing Failure	When selected, all default gateways are monitored for activity. The system will failover to a live gateway if the current gateway becomes unusable. This feature is enabled by default.

Select the IPv6 Routing tab. IPv6 networks are connected by IPv6 routers. IPv6 routers pass IPv6 packets from one network segment to another.
Select Unicast Routing to enable IPv6 unicast routing for this profile. Keeping unicast enabled allows the profile‘s neighbor advertisements and solicitations in unicast (as well as multicast) to provide better neighbor discovery. This setting is enabled by default.
Select Unique Local Address Reject Route to enable rejecting local routes in the format FC00::/7.
Set a System NS Retransmit Interval (from 1,000 to 3,600,000 milliseconds) as the interval between neighbor solicitation (NS) messages. NS messages are sent by a node to determine the link layer address of a neighbor, or verify a neighbor is still reachable via a cached link-layer address. The default is 1,000 milliseconds.
Set a System ND Reachable Time (from 5,000 to 3,600,000 milliseconds) as the time a neighbor is assumed to be reachable after receiving a receiving a neighbor discovery (ND) confirmation for their reachability. The default is 30,000 milliseconds.
Set an IPv6 Hop Count (from 1 - 255) as the maximum number of hops considered valid when sending IP packets. The default setting is 64.

Set the Router Advertisement Conversion to Unicast settings:

RA Convert (milliseconds)	Select this option to convert multicast router advertisements (RA) to unicast router advertisements at the dot11 layer. Unicast addresses identify a single network interface, whereas a multicast address is used by multiple hosts. This setting is disabled by default.
Throttle	Select this option to throttle RAs before converting to unicast. Once enabled, set the throttle interval and maximum number of RAs. This setting is disabled by default.
Throttle Interval (milliseconds)	Enable this setting to define the throttle interval (3 - 1,800 seconds). The default setting is 3 seconds.
Max RAs	Enable this setting to define the maximum number of router advertisements per router (1 - 256) during the throttle interval. The default setting is 1.

Select + Add Row as needed within the IPv6 Routes table to add an additional 256 IPv6 route resources.

Network Address	Set the IPv6 network address. Other than the length and slightly different look versus an IPv4 address, the IPv6 address concept is same as IPv4.
Gateway	Set the IPv6 route gateway. A network gateway in IPv6 is the same as in IPv4. A gateway address designates how traffic is routed out of the current subnet.
Interface	If using a link local address, set the VLAN (1 - 4,094) used a virtual routing interface for the local address.
Default Gateway	Use a network address of ::/0 to set the default gateway.

Select the OK button located at the bottom right of the screen to save the changes. Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.

Published May 2018prev | next

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