SnapGear 2.0.1 user manual Enable the primary connection for failover

Enable the primary connection for failover

Set up your primary broadband Internet connection as described in the Internet section of this chapter. From the Connections menu, select Edit failover parameters from the Configuration pull down box.

The CyberGuard SG appliance determines whether an Internet connection is up by listening for responses to ping (ICMP echo request) packets sent to a host on the Internet. Ensure you choose a host on the Internet that can be contacted reliably and responds to pings. You can check whether you can ping a host under Diagnostics ->Network Tests ->Ping Test.

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Enter the IP address of this host in IP Address to ping.

Ping Interval is the number of seconds to wait between sending pings.

Number of times to attempt this connection is the number of failed attempts before this connection is considered failed.

Time to wait between re-trying connections is the number of seconds to wait between connection attempts.

Set up a secondary backup Internet connection

To switch to a dialout Internet connection when you primary broadband Internet connection is unavailable, from the Connections menu select the appropriate Failover Internet configuration for the COM/Modem port if setting up a narrowband dialout failover Internet connection, or the DMZ port if setting up a broadband failover Internet connection.

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