Billion Electric Company BiGuard 50G user manual VPN Planning Fail Over

VPN provides a flexible, cost-efficient, and reliable way for companies of all sizes to stay connected. One of the most important steps in setting up a VPN is proper planning. The following sections demonstrate the various ways of using BiGuard 50G to setup your VPN.

2.6.2VPN Planning - Fail Over

Configuring your VPN with Fail Over allows BiGuard 50G to automatically default to WAN2 should WAN1 fail.

Because the dynamic domain name biguard.billion.com is configured for both WAN1 and WAN2, the active WAN port will announce the domain name through the WAN IP address. The remote gateway will then be able to connect to the VPN through the domain name.

In this Gateway to Gateway example, BiGuard 50G is communicating to a remote

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