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#