Settings – Port Options
Connection Validation • Health Check – Disable will not do Alive Indicator Check. By default health check is enable. Health checking is performing an ICMP echo request and HTTP packets to the specific destination that could be either: 1. Name or IP Address user specified in the “Alive Indicator” input box or gateway of WAN interface if “Alive Indicator” input box is left blank.
| • Alive Indicator – This is the IP address used to check if the WAN | |
| connection is operating. The Load Balancer will contact this system | |
| to check if the WAN connection is working. Change this address if | |
| you wish. Default is the gateway IP. | |
| Note: This is not used for PPPoE connections. | |
| • MTU – The Maximum Transmission Unit for the Ethernet data. It is | |
| used to determining the packet size to be used on the WAN | |
| interface. Normally, this does not need to be changed, but if your | |
| ISP advises you to use a particular MTU, enter it here. | |
PPPoE / PPTP | • Auto Dialup – If set to Enable a connection will be established | |
Connection Options | whenever outgoing WAN traffic is detected. If not Enabled, you | |
| must establish a connection manually. | |
| • Auto Disconnect – This determines when an idle connection will | |
| be terminated. Enter the required time period. | |
| • Echo Time – This determines how often an Echo request is sent to | |
| the PPPoE server. The Echo request is used to determine if the | |
| connection is still valid. Normally, there is no need to change the | |
| default value. | |
| • Echo Retry – The number of time the Echo request will be sent, if | |
| there is no response to the first request. Normally, there is no need | |
| to change the default value. | |
Transparent Bridge | • Bridge Mode – If set to Enable, this WAN port doesn’t use NAT & | |
Option | Load Balance function when LAN/WAN IP have the real IP | |
addresses on the same network segment. | ||
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| • NetBIOS Broadcast – This will allow you access files through | |
| Microsoft network neighborhood. If you enable the NetBIOS | |
| Broadcast. | |
| • Traffic Management | |
| transparent to wan1) can only go thru that specified wan(eg. | |
| wan1) interface. Loose Binding: traffic from bridge hosts(eg. | |
| transparent to wan1) can go thru alternative wan(eg. | |
| wan2) interface when bind interface (eg. wan1) is down, it's acting | |
| like a fail over mechanism for transparent bridge mode. Load | |
| Balancing: Traffic from bridge hosts(eg. transparent to wan1) can | |
| go thru either wan(eg. wan1 or wan2) interface based on loading | |
| mechanism specified in the load balance section, it's acting like a | |
| load balancing mechanism for transparent bridge mode. | |
| • ARP Table – ARP table is used by the device to determine the | |
| bridge hosts’ location ( eg, inside/outside wan and which wan) its’ | |
| size can be adjusted if needed. | |
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