TL-WA701ND 150Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide
Selecting System Tools > Ping Watch Dog allows you to continuously monitor the particular
connection between the device to a remote host. It makes this device continuously ping a user
defined IP address (it can be the internet gateway for example). If it is unable to ping under the
user defined constraints, this device will automatically reboot.
Figure 4-34 Ping Watch Dog Utility
¾ Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog.
¾ IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending
ping packets.
¾ Interval - Time internal between two ping packets which are sent out continuously.
¾ Delay - Time delay before first ping packet is sent out when the device is restarted.
¾ Fail Count - Upper limit of the ping packet the device can drop continuously. If this value is
overrun, the device will restart automatically.
Be sure to click the Submit button to make your settings in operation.
4.9.4 Firmware Upgrade Selecting System Tools > Firmware Upgrade allows you to upgrade the latest version of
firmware for the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-35.
Figure 4-35 Firmware Upgrade
New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free.
¾ Firmware Version - Here displays the current firmware version.
¾ Hardware Version - Here displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the
upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version.
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