Defining Router elements

A Router element represents a next-hop gateway’s IP address in routing configurations when the Router has a fixed IP address.

The element can also be used to represent IP addresses in rules and other configurations as needed.

Note: If the interface toward the next-hop gateway has a dynamic IP address, a special Gateway (DHCP Assigned) element must be added directly through the right-click menu of the automatically added Network (DHCP assigned) element in the Routing tree. The Gateway (DHCP Assigned) element is not valid in policies. Use a corresponding Alias element instead.

You can optionally configure on the Monitoring tab that a Log Server monitors the device.

If you selected any of the options on the Monitoring tab, a new Monitoring rule for the Router is added on the selected Log Server.

On the Router element’s NAT tab, you can view or edit the NAT definitions for the NAT configuration in which the element is included. However, you primarily configure NAT definitions in the properties of a Firewall engine.

Router Properties dialog box

Use this dialog box to configure routers. A Router element represents a next-hop gateway’s IP address in routing configurations when the Router has a fixed IP address. The element can also be used to represent IP addresses in rules and other configurations as needed.

Option	Definition
General tab
Name	The name of the element.
Resolve	Automatically resolves the IP address of the host.
IPv4 Address (Optional)	Single IPv4 address. You can enter either one or both addresses. Either an IPv4 or IPv6 address is mandatory.
IPv6 Address (Optional)	Single IPv6 address. You can enter either one or both addresses. Either an IPv4 or IPv6 address is mandatory.
Secondary IP Addresses	Specifies any additional device IP addresses. You can enter the additional IP addresses here instead of creating more elements for the other IP addresses. The secondary IP addresses are valid in policies and in routing and antispoofing. You can add several IPv4 and IPv6 addresses (one at a time). Click Add to add an element to the list, or Remove to remove the selected element.
Category (Optional)	Includes the element in predefined categories. Click Select to select a category.
Tools Profile	Adds commands to the element right-click menu.Click Select to select an element.
Comment (Optional)	A comment for your own reference.

Option	Definition
Monitoring tab
Log Server	The Log Server that monitors the status of the element.
Status Monitoring	When selected, activates status monitoring for the device. You must also select the Probing Profile that contains the definitions for the monitoring. When you select Status Monitoring, the element is added to the tree in the Dashboard view.
Probing Profile	Shows the name of the selected Probing Profile. Click Select to select a Probing Profile element.
Log Reception	Activates syslog reception from this device. You must select the Logging Profile that contains the definitions for converting the syslog entries to SMC log entries. You must also select the Time Zone in which the device is located. By default, the local time zone of the computer you are using is selected.
Logging Profile	Shows the name of the selected Logging Profile. Click Select to select a Logging Profile element.
Time Zone	Selects the time zone for the logs.
Encoding	Selects the character set for log files.
SNMP Trap Reception	Enables the reception of SNMP traps from the third-party device.
NetFlow Reception	Enables the reception of NetFlow data from the third-party device. The supported versions are NetFlow v5, NetFlow v9, and IPFIX (NetFlow v10).

Option	Definition
NAT tab (All optional settings)
Firewall	Shows the selected firewall.
NAT Type	Shows the NAT translation type: Static or Dynamic.
Private IP Address	Shows the Private IP Address.
Public IP Address	Shows the defined Public IP Address.
Port Filter	Shows the selected Port Filters.
Comment	An optional comment for your own reference.
Add NAT Definition	Opens the NAT Definition Properties dialog box.
Edit NAT Definition	Opens the NAT Definition Properties dialog box for the selected definition.
Remove NAT Definition	Removes the selected NAT definition from the list.