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Cisco1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Fixed) Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter13 Configuring Dial Backup and Remote Management
Dial Backup Feature Activation Methods
Dialer Watch
The dialer watch method only supports the Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
link-state dynamic routing protocols.

Configuring Dialer Watch

Perform these steps to configure a dialer watch on your router, beginning in global configuration mode:
Command Purpose
Step1 interface type number
Example:
Router(config)# interface dialer 2
Router(config-if)#
Enters configuration mode for the dial backup
interface.
Step2 dialerwatch-group group-number
Example:
Router(config-if)# dialer watch-group 2
Router(config-if)#
Specifies the group number for the watch list.
Step3 exit
Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Router(config)#
Enters global configuration mode.
Step4 ip route prefix mask {ip-address | interface-type
interface-number [ip-address]} [distance]
Example:
Router(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
22.0.0.2
Router(config)#
Assigns the primary route. 22.0.0.2 is the peer IP
address of the primary interface.