Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide

Table 28 WAN Backup (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Timeout

Type the number of seconds (3 recommended) for your Prestige to wait for a ping

 

response from one of the IP addresses in the Check WAN IP Address field before

 

timing out the request. The WAN connection is considered "down" after the Prestige

 

times out the number of times specified in the Fail Tolerance field. Use a higher

 

value in this field if your network is busy or congested.

Traffic Redirect

 

 

 

Active

Select this check box to have the Prestige use traffic redirect if the normal WAN

 

connection goes down.

 

Note: If you activate traffic redirect, you must configure at least one

 

Check WAN IP Address.

Metric

This field sets this route's priority among the routes the Prestige uses.

 

The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best route

 

for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing uses hop

 

count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly connected

 

networks. The number must be between "1" and "15"; a number greater than "15"

 

means the link is down. The smaller the number, the lower the "cost".

Backup Gateway

Type the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal notation. The

 

Prestige automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the Prestige's Internet

 

connection terminates.

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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