NETGEAR UTM5EW-100NAS Configure the Failure Detection Method, Failure detection method settings

ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance

Note: Ensure that the backup WAN interface is configured before enabling auto-rollover mode.

3.Click Apply to save your settings.

Configure the Failure Detection Method

To configure the failure detection method:

1.Select Network Config > WAN Settings. The WAN screen displays (see Figure 37 on page 72).

2.Click the Edit button in the Action column of the WAN interface that you selected as the primary WAN interface. The WAN ISP Settings screen displays (see Figure 38 on page 73, which shows the WAN1 ISP Settings screen as an example).

3.Click the Advanced option arrow at the upper right of the screen. The WAN Advanced Options screen displays for the WAN interface that you selected. (For an image of the entire screen, see Figure 53 on page 95.)

4.Locate the Failure Detection Method section onscreen (see the following figure). Enter the settings as explained in the following table.

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Table 17. Failure detection method settings

Setting Description

WAN Failure Detection Method

Select a failure detection method from the drop-down list. DNS queries or pings are sent through the WAN interface that is being monitored. The retry interval and number of failover attempts determine how quickly the UTM switches from the primary link to the backup link in case the primary link fails, or when the primary link comes back up, switches back from the backup link to the primary link.

WAN DNS	DNS queries are sent to the DNS server that is configured in the Domain Name
	Server (DNS) Servers section of the WAN ISP screen (see Manually Configure the
	Internet Connection on page 75).
Custom DNS	DNS queries are sent to the specified DNS server.
	DNS Server	The IP address of the DNS server.

Manually Configure Internet and WAN Settings

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