Enabling Advanced Routing Services

Advanced Routing Services (ARS) is a fully featured multi-protocol routing suite. The sheer number of configurable options and parameters provided is incongruous with the simplicity of a graphical user interface. Rather than limiting the functionality of ARS, an abbreviated representation of its capabilities has been rendered in the GUI, providing control over the most germane routing features, while the full command suite is available via the CLI. The ARS CLI can be accessed from an authenticated CLI session, and contains 3 modules:

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route ars-nsm – The Advanced Routing Services Network Services Module. This component provides control over core router functionality, such as interface bindings and redistributable routes.
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route ars-rip – The RIP module. Provides control over the RIP router.
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route ars-ospf – The OSPF module. Provides control over the OSPF router.

In general, all of the functionality needed to integrate the SonicWall into most RIP and OSPF environments is available through the Web-based GUI. The additional capabilities of the CLI will make more advanced configurations possible. Please refer to the appendix for the full set of ARS CLI commands.

By default, Advanced Routing Services are disabled, and must be enabled to be made available. At the top of the Network > Routing page, select Advanced Routing from the Routing Mode drop-down menu:

The operation of the RIP and OSPF routing protocols is interface dependent. Each interface and virtual subinterface can have RIP and OSPF settings configured separately, and each interface can run both RIP and OSPF routers.

Configure RIP and OSPF for default routes received from Advanced Routing protocols as described in Configuring RIP and Configuring OSPF, respectively.