Netopia 3300-ENT manual Connection Profiles

7-2 Firmware User Guide

•the Backup IP Gateway menu item in the IP Setup screen under the System Configuration menu

Here you enter a Backup Gateway IP address. See “IP Setup” on page 7-7. Alternatively, you can choose a different backup gateway device; see “Backup Default Gateway” on page 7-14.

Detailed descriptions follow.

Connection Profiles

The dial backup feature allows you to configure a complete Connection Profile for the modem backup, just as you do for your primary WAN connection. In this way profiles are associated with a particular interface. It should have switched characteristics for modem backup.

Navigate to the Add Connection Profile screen.

Main

Menu

WAN

Configuration

Add Connection

Profile

Add Connection Profile
Profile Name:	Profile	1
Profile Enabled:	Yes
Encapsulation Type...	RFC1483
RFC1483 Mode...	Bridged	1483
IP Profile Parameters...
COMMIT	CANCEL

Return accepts * ESC cancels * Left/Right moves insertion point * Del deletes. Configure a new Conn. Profile. Finished? COMMIT or CANCEL to exit.

If you used Easy Setup to configure your DSL connection, you have already created one Connection Profile. For the backup modem, you create a second Connection Profile, and associate it with the backup modem interface.

•Profile Name: Give the profile a descriptive name, for example “Modem Backup”.

•Profile Enabled: Ordinarily this is toggled to Yes. You can toggle it to No, if you want to disable it later.

•Encapsulation Type: From the pull-down menu select the encapsulation type. Usually, for modem dial-up connections, this will be PPP, but you can also select ATMP, PPTP, or IPsec for VPN connections. These are the options needed for dial-up.