HotBrick LB-2 manual Settings Port Options, Connection Options, Transparent Bridge

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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 LB-2 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 is used when 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.
	• Traffic Management –Strict Binding : traffic from bridge hosts(eg.
	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 binded 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, 耟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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