ZyXEL Communications Corporation P8802T Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 9 Routing

Basic Home Station VDSL2 P8802T User’s Guide

Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the VDSL Router takes the 
shortest path to forward a packet. Policy routing allows the VDSL Router to override the default 
routing behavior and alter the packet routing 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 routing to direct traffic from different users through different 
connections or distribute traffic among multiple paths for load sharing.

Use the Policy Routing screen to view and configure routing policies on the VDSL Router. Click 
Advanced Setup > Routing > Policy Routing to open the following screen.

Policy Routing

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Click Add in the Policy Routing screen to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure 
the required information for a policy route.

Gateway IP 
Address 

Enter the IP address of the gateway when you configure a static route that uses an IP-based 
interface (such as IPoE, IPoA, or LAN). The gateway is a router or switch on the same 
network segment as the device's LAN or WAN port. The gateway helps forward packets to 
their destinations.

Apply/Save

Click this button to save your changes.

Static Route: Add (Sheet 2 of 2)

Policy Routing

Policy Name

This displays the name of the rule.

Source IP

This displays the source IP address.

LAN Port

This displays the source LAN port number.

WAN

This displays the WAN interface through which the traffic is routed. 

Default GW

This displays the default gateway IP address the route uses.

Remove

Select entries and click the Remove button to delete them. 

Add

Click this to create a new policy routing rule.