Route configuration
Use this menu to configure the following routing options:
- Static Routes
- RIP
- OSPF
- Enable/Disable multicast forwarding
Sophos Firewall adheres to Cisco terminology for routing configuration and provides a Cisco compliant CLI to configure static routes and dynamic routing protocols.
Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of two ways –Unicast (1 sender – 1 receiver) or Broadcast (1 sender – all devices on the network). Multicast delivers IP packets simultaneously to a specified group of devices on the network.
Router Management
1. Configure Unicast Routing
2. Configure Multicast Routing
0. Exit
Select Menu Number [0-2]:
You must run the write
command to save route configurations made through the CLI so they reflect on the web admin console and persist on a firewall or daemon restart. See Configure BGP.
Example
An administrator edits a BGP neighbor's remote autonomous system (AS) through the CLI and also runs the write
command.
bgp# configure terminal
bgp(config)# router bgp 65005
bgp(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.16.32 remote-as 65006
bgp(config-router)# write
Configuration saved to /conf/routing/bgpd.conf
bgp(config-router)# exit
bgp(config)# exit
The following output shows the updated BGP neighbor's remote AS in the startup configuration file.
bgp# show start
!
! Zebra configuration saved from vty
! 2024/11/07 01:30:12
!
frr version 8.4.2
frr defaults traditional
!
hostname bgp
log stdout
!
!
!
router bgp 65005
bgp log-neighbor-changes
no bgp ebgp-requires-policy
no bgp hard-administrative-reset
no bgp graceful-restart notification
neighbor 172.16.16.32 remote-as 65006
!
exit
!
!
!
!
line vty
no login
exit
!
bgp#