Configuring Router Discovery in Gaia Portal

Important - In a ClusterClosed Two or more Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration - High Availability, or Load Sharing., you must configure all the Cluster Members in the same way.

To enable router discovery services:

  1. From the left navigation tree, click Advanced Routing > Router Discovery.

  2. In the Router Discovery section, click Add.

  3. In the Interface field, select the interface, on which to enable Router Discovery.

  4. Optional: In the Min. Advertise Interval field, configure the applicable value.

    Configures the minimum time between sending ICMP Router Discovery advertisements on the interface.

    This value cannot be larger than the configured Max. Advertise Interval.

    Range: 3-1799 seconds

    Default: 0.75 * (Value of Max. Advertise Interval) seconds

  5. Optional: In the Max. Advertise Interval field, configure the applicable value.

    Configures the maximum time between sending ICMP Router Discovery advertisements on the interface.

    This value cannot be less than the configured Min. Advertise Interval.

    Range: 4-1800 seconds

    Default: 600 seconds

  6. Optional: In the Advertisement Lifetime field, configure the applicable value.

    Configures how long an advertised address remains valid in the absence of an update message.

    This value must not be less than the configured Max. Advertise Interval.

    The configured value is placed in the "Lifetime" field of Route Advertisement messages sent on this interface.

    Range: 5-9000 seconds

    Default: 3 * (Value of Max. Advertise Interval) seconds

  7. Optional: In the Advertise Addresses section, configure how to advertise the IP addresses on this interface.

    1. Select the IP address and click Edit.

    2. The Advertise option controls whether to enable or disable the advertising of the configured IP address for this interface.

    3. The Eligibility option controls whether to use the configured IP address as a default IP address.

      Range: Eligible (use the configured IP address as a default IP address), or Ineligible (do not use the configured IP address as a default IP address)

      Default: Eligible

    4. The Preference value controls the preference of the address as a default router IP address, relative to other router IP addresses on the same subnet.

      Higher numeric values indicate greater preference.

      Range: 0-2147483647

      Default: 0

      For more information, see the PreferenceLevel in RFC 1256.

    5. Click OK.

  8. Click Save.

To disable router discovery service on an interface:

  1. From the left navigation tree, click Advanced Routing > Router Discovery.

  2. In the Router Discovery section, select the interface.

  3. Click Delete.

    Note - There is no prompt to confirm.

  4. Click Save.