Chapter 4

Routing

About this chapter  

This chapter discusses how the appliance uses default and static routes for incoming and outgoing requests, binds traffic to interfaces, and communicates with hosts and subnets using TCP large windows. This chapter also describes how to configure routing options.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter contains the following information:

• Planning summary for routing configuration
• How the appliance handles routing
• Binding types of traffic to specific interfaces
• Restricting interfaces for connecting to servers
• Using TCP large windows to improve performance

Procedures and option descriptions  

See the Appliance Manager online Help for configuration procedures and option descriptions.

Location of configuration options  

Options for configuring network interfaces are in the following location in the Appliance Manager:

Setup tab > Network > Routing

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