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Example 4.5. Policy-based Routing Configuration
This example illustrates a multiple ISP scenario which is a common use of Policy-based Routing. The following is
assumed:
• Each ISP will give you an IP network from its network range. We will assume a 2-ISP scenario, with the
network 10.10.10.0/24 belonging to ISP A and 20.20.20.0/24 belonging to ISP B. The ISP gateways are
10.10.10.1 and 20.20.20.1 respectively.
• All addresses in this scenario are public addresses for the sake of simplicity.
• This is a "drop-in" design, where there are no explicit routing subnets between the ISP gateways and the
NetDefend Firewall.
In a provider-independent network, clients will likely have a single IP address, belonging to one of the ISPs. In a
single-organization scenario, publicly accessible servers will be configured with two separate IP addresses: one
from each ISP. However, this difference does not matter for the policy routing setup itself.
Note that, for a single organization, Internet connectivity through multiple ISPs is normally best done with the BGP
protocol, where you do not need to worry about different IP spans or policy routing. Unfortunately, this is not
always possible, and this is where Policy Based Routing becomes a necessity.
We will set up the main routing table to use ISP A and add a named routing table called r2 that uses the default
gateway of ISP B.
Interface Network Gateway ProxyARP
lan1 10.10.10.0/24 wan1
lan1 20.20.20.0/24 wan2
wan1 10.10.10.1/32 lan1
wan2 20.20.20.1/32 lan1
wan1 all-nets 10.10.10.1
Contents of the named Policy-based Routing table r2:
Interface Network Gateway
wan2 all-nets 20.20.20.1
The table r2 has its Ordering parameter set to Default, which means that it will only be consulted if the main
routing table lookup matches the default route (all-nets).
Contents of the Policy-based Routing Policy:
Source
Interface
Source
Range
Destination
Interface
Destination
Range
Selected/
Service
Forward
VR table
Return
VR table
lan1 10.10.10.0/24 wan2 all-nets ALL r2 r2
wan2 all-nets lan1 20.20.20.0/24 ALL r2 r2
To configure this example scenario:
Web Interface
1. Add the routes found in the list of routes in the main routing table, as shown earlier.
2. Create a routing table called "r2" and make sure the ordering is set to "Default".
3. Add the route found in the list of routes in the routing table "r2", as shown earlier.
4. Add two VR policies according to the list of policies shown earlier.
• Go to Routing > Routing Rules > Add > Routing Rule
• Enter the information found in the list of policies displayed earlier
• Repeat the above to add the second rule
4.3.5. The Ordering parameter Chapter 4. Routing
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