Netopia 4000-Series manual Snmp Support, Backup Default Gateway

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SNMP Support

The router supports objects for determining the state of backup, as well as providing traps for the backup and recovery events. No objects support configuration of backup or recovery.

Backup Default Gateway

Introduced in version 5.1.2, the firmware offers backup functionality to an alternate gateway typically connected to a LAN port.

A typical application would be to have a LAN connection from your 4000-Series router to another router that has, for example, an ISDN or analog modem connection to the Internet, and designating the second router as the backup gateway. Should the primary WAN connection fail, traffic would be automatically redirected through your alternate gateway device to maintain Internet connectivity.

Two menus control the backup gateway feature:

■the Backup Configuration screen in the WAN Configuration menu Here, you enable the backup feature and set some parameters.

■the IP Setup screen in the System Configuration menu Here, you set the IP address of the alternate gateway device.

Backup Configuration screen

To enable the backup feature, from the Main Menu select WAN Configuration, Advanced Connection Options, and then Backup Configuration.

Main

Menu

WAN

Configuration

Advanced

Connection Options

Backup

Configuration