IP routing is one of the most fundamental functions of cOS Core. Any IP packet flowing through a Clavister firewall will be subjected to at least one routing decision at some point in time, and properly setting up routing is crucial for the system to function as expected.

cOS Core offers support for the following types of routing mechanisms:

Additionally, cOS Core supports route monitoring to achieve route and link redundancy with failover capability.

Routing with RIP

Note that cOS Core is able to allow the flow of Routing Information Protocol (RIP) traffic. This protocol has been used in the past for smaller enterprise networks and may still be in use in some older networks. RIP will not be covered further in this document. However, a discussion of cOS Core setup to allow RIPv2 traffic can found in the Clavister Knowledge Base at the following link:

https://kb.clavister.com/324736294