3.2.7 WAN Policy
The WAN policy for multi-homing can be setup here. You can setup policy for each WAN separately. The router will balance the loading between all active WAN ports according to the Send/Receive rate of the WAN ports. You can setup an IP for the router to detect if the WAN line is connected. If the router fails to ping the IP, it would recognize the WAN line as not connected, and will stop directing the Internet traffic to this WAN port. The traffic will be redirected to the other active WAN port. The Intranet users will not become aware of this change and keep surfing the Internet smoothly. You also can setup a WAN port as a backup WAN port. Backup WAN port would not be activated when the router start up. When the other active WAN port fails to connect to the Internet, the backup WAN port will be activated and take over all the traffic.
Parameter | Description |
Speed | The send/upstream and receive/downstream speed of the WAN |
| line the WAN port is connected to. |
Connectivity check | You can key in an IP. The router will ping that IP to verify if the |
| WAN line can access the Internet. You also can select “Ping |
| Default Gateway”, and the router will check if the WAN line is ok |
| by ping the default gateway of the WAN port. |
Operation | If you select “Enable”, the WAN port will be activated when the |
| system boot up. If you select “Backup”, the WAN port is disabled |
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