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Static Routes
- Network > Virtual Routers > Static Routes
Optionally add one or more static routes. Click the
IP
or IPv6
tab
to specify the route using an Pv4 or IPv6 address. It is usually
necessary to configure default routes (0.0.0.0/0)
here. Default routes are applied for destinations that are otherwise
not found in the virtual router’s routing table.Static Route Settings | Description |
---|---|
Name | Enter a name to identify the static route
(up to 31 characters). The name is case-sensitive and must be unique.
Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores. |
Destination | Enter an IP address and network mask in
Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) notation: ip_address / mask (for
example, 192.168.2.0/24 for IPv4 or 2001:db8::/32 for IPv6). |
Interface | Select the interface to forward packets
to the destination, or configure the next hop settings, or both. |
Next Hop | Select one of the following:
|
Admin Distance | Specify the administrative distance for
the static route (10-240; default is 10). |
Metric | Specify a valid metric for the static route
(1 - 65535). |
Route Table | Select the route table into which the firewall
installs the static route:
|
BFD Profile | To enable Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD) for a static route on a PA-3000 Series, PA-5000 Series, PA-5200
Series, PA-7000 Series, or VM-Series firewall, select one of the
following:
Select None (Disable BFD) to
disable BFD for the static route.To use BFD on a static route:
|
Path Monitoring | Select to enable path monitoring for the
static route. |
Failure Condition | Select the condition under which the firewall
considers the monitored path down and thus the static route down:
All to avoid
the possibility of a single monitored destination signaling a static
route failure when that monitored destination is simply offline
for maintenance, for example. |
Preemptive Hold Time (min) | Enter the number of minutes a downed path
monitor must remain in Up state—the path monitor evaluates all of
its member monitored destinations and must remain Up before the
firewall reinstalls the static route into the RIB. If the timer
expires without the link going down or flapping, the link is deemed
stable, path monitor can remain Up, and the firewall can add the
static route back into the RIB. If the link goes down or flaps
during the hold time, path monitor fails and the timer restarts
when the downed monitor returns to Up state. A Preemptive
Hold Time of zero causes the firewall to reinstall the
static route into the RIB immediately upon the path monitor coming
up. Range is 0-1,440; default is 2. |
Name | Enter a name for the monitored destination
(up to 31 characters). |
Enable | Select to enable path monitoring of this
specific destination for the static route; the firewall sends ICMP
pings to this destination. |
Source IP | Select the IP address that the firewall
will use as the source in the ICMP ping to the monitored destination:
|
Destination IP | Enter a robust, stable IP address or address
object for which the firewall will monitor the path. The monitored
destination and the static route destination must use the same address
family (IPv4 or IPv6) |
Ping Interval (sec) | Specify the ICMP ping interval in seconds
to determine how frequently the firewall monitors the path (pings
the monitored destination; range is 1-60; default is 3). |
Ping Count | Specify the number of consecutive ICMP ping
packets that do not return from the monitored destination before
the firewall considers the link down. Based on the Any or All failure
condition, if path monitoring is in failed state, the firewall removes
the static route from the RIB (range is 3-10; default is 5).For
example, a Ping Interval of 3 seconds and Ping Count of 5 missed
pings (the firewall receives no ping in the last 15 seconds) means
path monitoring detects a link failure. If path monitoring is in failed
state and the firewall receives a ping after 15 seconds, the link is
deemed up; based on the Any or All failure
condition, path monitoring to Any or All monitored
destinations can be deemed up, and the Preemptive Hold Time starts. |
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