Prestige 2602HW Series User’s Guide

Table 91 Menu 2 WAN Backup Setup (continued)

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

KeepAlive Fail

Type the number of times (2 recommended) that your Prestige may ping the IP

Tolerance

addresses configured in the Check WAN IP Address field without getting a

 

response before switching to a WAN backup connection (or a different WAN

 

backup connection).

Recovery Interval(sec)

When the Prestige is using a lower priority connection (usually a WAN backup

 

connection), it periodically checks to whether or not it can use a higher priority

 

connection.

 

Type the number of seconds (30 recommended) for the Prestige to wait

 

between checks. Allow more time if your destination IP address handles lots of

 

traffic.

ICMP Timeout

Type the number of seconds for an ICMP session to wait for the ICMP

 

response

Traffic Redirect

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes or No.

 

Select Yes and press [ENTER] to configure Menu 2.1 Traffic Redirect Setup.

 

Select No (default) if you do not want to configure this feature.

 

 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.

24.2.1 Traffic Redirect Setup

Configure parameters that determine when the Prestige will forward WAN traffic to the backup gateway using Menu 2.1 — Traffic Redirect Setup.

Figure 134 Menu 2.1Traffic Redirect Setup

Menu 2.1 - Traffic Redirect Setup

Active= No

Configuration:

Backup Gateway IP Address= 0.0.0.0

Metric= 15

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 92 Menu 2.1Traffic Redirect Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Active.

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes (to enable) or No (to disable) traffic redirect

 

setup. The default is No

Configuration

 

 

 

Backup Gateway

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

IP Address

The Prestige automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the Prestige’s

 

Internet connection terminates.

278

Chapter 24 Menu 2 WAN Backup Setup