ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL5UTM 4.0 User Manual

ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

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Chapter 38 Route Setup

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 203   Menu 6.1: Route Assessment

Probing WAN 1/2 

Check Point

Press [SPACE BAR] and then press [ENTER] to choose Yes to test your 

ZyWALL's WAN accessibility. 
If you do not select No in the Use Default Gateway as Check Point field and 

enter a domain name or IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, 

your ISP's DNS server address) in the Check Point field, the ZyWALL will use 

the default gateway IP address. 

Probing Traffic 

Redirection Check 

Point

Press [SPACE BAR] and then press [ENTER] to choose Yes to test your 

ZyWALL's traffic redirect connection. 
If you do not select No in the Use Default Gateway as Check Point field and 

enter a domain name or IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, 

your ISP's DNS server address) in the Check Point field, the ZyWALL will use 

the default gateway IP address. 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt "Press ENTER to Confirm…" to 

save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.

To configure the parameters for traffic redirect, enter 2 in Menu 6 - Route Setup to open 
Menu 6.2 - Traffic Redirect as shown next.

Figure 296   Menu 6.2: Traffic Redirect

 Menu 6.2 - Traffic Redirect

Active= No
Configuration:
  Backup Gateway IP Address= 0.0.0.0
  Metric= 14

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 204   Menu 6.2: Traffic Redirect

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes (to enable) or No (to disable) traffic 

redirect setup. The default is No.

Backup Gateway IP 

Address

Enter the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal notation.
The ZyWALL automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the ZyWALL's 

Internet connection terminates.