
Port Options
Figure 6. Port Options
Connection Validation  | PPPoE / PPtP Connection Options  | Transparent Bridge Mode  | 
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Health Check | Auto Dialup | Bridge Mode | 
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Use this field to select the type of connection validation  | When set to Enable a connection will be established  | When set to Enable, this WAN port does not use NAT &  | 
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to perform. When set to ICMP, the   | whenever outgoing WAN traffic is detected. If not  | Load Balance function when LAN/WAN IP have the real  | 
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out ICMP echo requests. When set to HTTP, the XC-  | Enabled, you must establish a connection manually.  | IP addresses on the same network segment.  | 
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DPG602 requests web pages.  | Auto Disconnect | Traffic Management | 
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Alive Indicator | This determines when an idle connection will be  | 
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This is the IP address used to check if the WAN  | terminated. Enter the required time period.  | Strict Binding - When a WAN port connection is  | 
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connection is operational. When using HTTP, put in a  | Echo Time | disconnected, the packets will not go to another WAN  | 
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valid IP address of a web server. When this field is blank,  | This determines how often an Echo request is sent to the  | port.  | 
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the ISP gateway IP address is used.  | Loose Binding - When the WAN port connection is  | 
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PPPoE server. The Echo request is used to determine if  | 
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Note: This is not used for PPPoE connections.  | the connection is still valid. Normally, there is no need to  | connected, the packets will go another WAN port.  | 
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MTU | change the default value.  | Load Balancing - This will mix real and private IP’s on  | 
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The Maximum Transmission Unit is used when  | Echo Retry | 
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the LAN side doing the load balancing.  | 
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determining the packet size to be used on the WAN  | The number of time the Echo request will be sent if there  | 
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interface. Normally, this does not need to be changed, but  | 
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is no response to the first request. Normally, there is no  | 
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if your ISP advises you to use a particular MTU, enter it  | need to change the default value.  | 
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