This section describes how to configure global route selection policies using the web UI.
of the specified interface.The interface is an intelligent uplink selection member interface. Before you add a member interface for intelligent uplink selection, you need to configure the interface first.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Default Gateway |
Gateway address of the interface. You do not need to configure the gateway address for the PPPoE interface, Dialer interface, Tunnel interface. |
(Optional) Carrier |
Select a carrier from the drop-down list. Usually, the carrier of the link connecting to the outbound interface is selected. After you select a carrier for the intelligent uplink selection member interface, the interface is added to the ISP interface group. |
(Optional) Carrier Route |
After you enable the ISP route function, the FW will generate static routes in a batch to the ISP network. The destination is an IP address in the ISP address file, and the next hop is the gateway address specified on the outbound interface. Choose . You can view the generated ISP route entries. |
(Optional) Default Route |
If default routes are enabled, the FW automatically generates a default route with the next hop being the gateway address set on its interface. If default routes are disabled, the FW does not automatically generate default routes. |
(Optional) Health Check |
Select an existing health check from the drop-down list to check the health of the link. The FW selects a link from only healthy links. |
(Optional) Ingress Bandwidth |
Inbound bandwidth of the link. |
(Optional) Egress Bandwidth |
Outbound bandwidth of the link. |
(Optional) Overload Protection Threshold |
Bandwidth usage of the link. Before specifying Overload Protection Threshold, you must configure Inbound Bandwidth or Outbound Bandwidth. If this threshold is not specified, excess traffic will be discarded after the traffic exceeds the interface processing capability. If the bandwidth and overload protection threshold are specified, when the bandwidth usage exceeds the overload protection threshold, the FW excludes the overloaded links during intelligent uplink selection and selects a link from the links that are not overloaded. When the bandwidth usage of an overloaded link is lower than the overload protection threshold, the link is re-involved in intelligent uplink selection. When all links are overloaded, the FW will forward traffic based on the specified intelligent uplink selection mode, regardless of whether the links are overloaded. NOTE:
When you set the intelligent uplink selection mode to load balancing by link bandwidth, you must set bandwidth for the member interfaces, and you are advised to set overload protection threshold. When you set the intelligent uplink selection mode to other modes, you are advised to set link bandwidth and overload protection threshold to achieve the best effects. |
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Resource Name |
Name of the common interface group. |
Member Interface |
Intelligent uplink selection member interface bound to the interface group. You can use the following methods to add a member interface to or delete a member interface from an interface group:
Interfaces added to an ISP interface group are not displayed in Selectable. That is, one member interface can be bound to only one interface group. |
In the Global Routing Policy area, you can choose whether to enable DNS Transparent Proxy. For configuration details, see Configuring DNS Transparent Proxy.
After the link selection mode is configured, subsequent traffic that passes through the FW will be forwarded on the basis of link selection policies. For earlier traffic, the session is not aged. Therefore, such traffic is not immediately forwarded on the basis of link selection policies. You can run the reset firewall session table command to manually clear the session entry or wait until the session ages.
The service will be interrupted after you clear the session entry. Therefore, exercise caution when you perform this operation. You can clear the session entry only after you confirm that services will not be affected.
Selection Mode is Load balancing based on link bandwidth.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Health Check |
Indicate health check. Select a health check object from the drop-down list or click Add Health Check to create a health check object. You can choose and click Add to create health check objects in advance. Link quality detection depends on the health check. If more intelligent route selection is required based on the link delay, jitter, and packet loss rate, you need to specify Health Check and Link Quality Indicator in the route selection policy. Referencing the health check on a route selection member interface can detect only the connectivity of the interface link. |
Link Quality Indicator |
Indicate a link quality indicator. Select a link quality indicator from the drop-down list or click Add Link Quality Indicator to create a link quality indicator. You can choose and click Add to create link quality indicators in advance. Health Check and Link Quality Indicator should be configured at the same time. After Health Check and Link Quality Indicator are configured, the FW checks whether the link quality (delay, jitter, and packet loss rate) of the outbound interface meets the quality requirements of Link Quality Indicator in real time. Unqualified links are not allowed to participate in intelligent uplink selection. NOTE:
If a member interface of intelligent uplink selection is not included in the outbound interfaces of the health check, the interface is not matched with the link quality indicators. That is, the interface is considered qualified by default. |
Sticky Session |
With this function enabled, after traffic selects a link for the first time, the FW generates a corresponding sticky session entry. If the subsequent traffic matches the entry, the FW forwards the traffic through the outgoing interface recorded in the entry. In this manner, traffic of one user can be forwarded through one interface. NOTICE:
After the sticky session function is disabled or the sticky session mode is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Source Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Source IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the source subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Destination Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Destination IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the destination subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
WAN Interface/Carrier/Interface Group |
Intelligent uplink selection member interface. After you click Add, you can select member interfaces from the drop-down list. The member interfaces can be single interfaces, common interface groups, and ISP interface groups. An interface group is a collection of one or more intelligent uplink selection member interfaces. Interface groups cannot be nested. That is, multiple interface groups cannot form a new interface group. |
Overload Protection Threshold |
Bandwidth usage of the link. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Incoming |
Inbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Outgoing |
Outbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Selection Mode is Load balancing based on link quality.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Link quality indicators |
When you set the link selection mode to load balancing by link quality, you can set one or more link quality parameters to evaluate the link quality. The FW supports three link quality parameters:
|
Detection Times |
Number of link quality detection times. |
Detection Interval |
Interval at which link quality detection is performed. |
Destination Subnet Mask Bits |
Mask length of link quality detection. |
Sticky Session |
With this function enabled, after traffic selects a link for the first time, the FW generates a corresponding sticky session entry. If the subsequent traffic matches the entry, the FW forwards the traffic through the outgoing interface recorded in the entry. In this manner, traffic of one user can be forwarded through one interface. NOTICE:
After the sticky session function is disabled or the sticky session mode is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Source Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Source IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the source subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Destination Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Destination IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the destination subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
WAN Interface/Carrier/Interface Group |
Intelligent uplink selection member interface. After you click Add, you can select member interfaces from the drop-down list. The member interfaces can be single interfaces, common interface groups, and ISP interface groups. An interface group is a collection of one or more intelligent uplink selection member interfaces. Interface groups cannot be nested. That is, multiple interface groups cannot form a new interface group. |
Overload Protection Threshold |
Bandwidth usage of the link. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Incoming |
Inbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Outgoing |
Outbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Selection Mode is Load balancing based on link weights.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Health Check |
Indicate health check. Select a health check object from the drop-down list or click Add Health Check to create a health check object. You can choose and click Add to create health check objects in advance. Link quality detection depends on the health check. If more intelligent route selection is required based on the link delay, jitter, and packet loss rate, you need to specify Health Check and Link Quality Indicator in the route selection policy. Referencing the health check on a route selection member interface can detect only the connectivity of the interface link. |
Link Quality Indicator |
Indicate a link quality indicator. Select a link quality indicator from the drop-down list or click Add Link Quality Indicator to create a link quality indicator. You can choose and click Add to create link quality indicators in advance. Health Check and Link Quality Indicator should be configured at the same time. After Health Check and Link Quality Indicator are configured, the FW checks whether the link quality (delay, jitter, and packet loss rate) of the outbound interface meets the quality requirements of Link Quality Indicator in real time. Unqualified links are not allowed to participate in intelligent uplink selection. NOTE:
If a member interface of intelligent uplink selection is not included in the outbound interfaces of the health check, the interface is not matched with the link quality indicators. That is, the interface is considered qualified by default. |
Sticky Session |
With this function enabled, after traffic selects a link for the first time, the FW generates a corresponding sticky session entry. If the subsequent traffic matches the entry, the FW forwards the traffic through the outgoing interface recorded in the entry. In this manner, traffic of one user can be forwarded through one interface. NOTICE:
After the sticky session function is disabled or the sticky session mode is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Source Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Source IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the source subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Destination Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Destination IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the destination subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
WAN Interface/Carrier/Interface Group |
Intelligent uplink selection member interface. After you click Add, you can select member interfaces from the drop-down list. The member interfaces can be single interfaces, common interface groups, and ISP interface groups. An interface group is a collection of one or more intelligent uplink selection member interfaces. Interface groups cannot be nested. That is, multiple interface groups cannot form a new interface group. |
Overload Protection Threshold |
Bandwidth usage of the link. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Incoming |
Inbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Outgoing |
Outbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Weight |
Weight of the member interface. In intelligent uplink selection, the FW forwards traffic to different links based on the link weight ratio. Therefore, the link with a larger weight forwards more traffic, and the link with a smaller weight forwards less traffic. |
Selection Mode is Active/standby backup based on link priorities.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Health Check |
Indicate health check. Select a health check object from the drop-down list or click Add Health Check to create a health check object. You can choose and click Add to create health check objects in advance. Link quality detection depends on the health check. If more intelligent route selection is required based on the link delay, jitter, and packet loss rate, you need to specify Health Check and Link Quality Indicator in the route selection policy. Referencing the health check on a route selection member interface can detect only the connectivity of the interface link. |
Link Quality Indicator |
Indicate a link quality indicator. Select a link quality indicator from the drop-down list or click Add Link Quality Indicator to create a link quality indicator. You can choose and click Add to create link quality indicators in advance. Health Check and Link Quality Indicator should be configured at the same time. After Health Check and Link Quality Indicator are configured, the FW checks whether the link quality (delay, jitter, and packet loss rate) of the outbound interface meets the quality requirements of Link Quality Indicator in real time. Unqualified links are not allowed to participate in intelligent uplink selection. NOTE:
If a member interface of intelligent uplink selection is not included in the outbound interfaces of the health check, the interface is not matched with the link quality indicators. That is, the interface is considered qualified by default. |
Sticky Session |
With this function enabled, after traffic selects a link for the first time, the FW generates a corresponding sticky session entry. If the subsequent traffic matches the entry, the FW forwards the traffic through the outgoing interface recorded in the entry. In this manner, traffic of one user can be forwarded through one interface. NOTICE:
After the sticky session function is disabled or the sticky session mode is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Source Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Source IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the source subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Destination Subnet Mask Bits |
This parameter must be configured when the sticky session mode is Destination IP Address or Source IP & Destination IP Address.
NOTICE:
If the destination subnet mask length is changed, the FW immediately deletes all sticky session entries of the intelligent uplink selection policy, which may cause link switchover for some users. Therefore, exercise with caution. |
Standby interface automatic shutdown |
After you enable this function, the status of all standby interfaces become Down. If the active interface is overloaded (interface overload protection must be configured) or becomes Down, the standby interface with the highest priority becomes Up, but all the other standby interfaces remain Down. When the active interface and the standby interface with the highest priority are both overloaded or become Down, the standby interface with the second highest priority becomes Up. NOTE:
Do not enable this function if both an interface (Eth-trunk1) and a subinterface (Eth-trunk1.1) are configured as the standby interfaces and the priority of the subinterface is higher. Otherwise, both the interface and subinterface are to switch between the Up and Down states. |
WAN Interface/Carrier/Interface Group |
Intelligent uplink selection member interface. After you click Add, you can select member interfaces from the drop-down list. The member interfaces can be single interfaces, common interface groups, and ISP interface groups. An interface group is a collection of one or more intelligent uplink selection member interfaces. Interface groups cannot be nested. That is, multiple interface groups cannot form a new interface group. |
Overload Protection Threshold |
Bandwidth usage of the link. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Incoming |
Inbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Outgoing |
Outbound overload protection threshold. This parameter is unavailable here. It must be configured when you configure the interface. For details, see 1. |
Priority |
Priority of the member interface. A great priority value indicates a high priority. |
After the configuration is complete, view the interface link health status in the Global Routing Policy area (
indicates that the link is available, and
indicates that the link is unavailable) and the traffic statistics in the last five minutes.

The traffic percentage is displayed only when the bandwidth is configured on the interface.
For logical interfaces, the FW web UI does not support the display of traffic statistics on the Dialer interface and Tunnel interface.
The default traffic statistics collection interval for logical interfaces is 5 minutes. That is, the statistics collection result is updated every 5 minutes. You can run the set flow-stat interval command to change the interval.