Prestige 310 Broadband Sharing Gateway

Menu 11.6 - Traffic Redirect Setup

Active = Yes

Configuration:

Backup Gateway IP Address = 0.0.0.0

Check WAN IP Address = 0.0.0.0

Fail Tolerance = 5

Check Connection Every:

Timeout = 10

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Press Space Bar to Toggle.

Figure 4-10 Menu 11.6 — Traffic Redirect SetupTable 4-7 Traffic Redirect Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

Active

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

Yes

 

traffic redirect setup. The default is No.

 

 

When the Active field is Yes, you must configure every field in this

 

 

screen unless you are using PPPoE or PPTP encapsulation (except

 

 

Check WAN IP Address and Timeout).

 

 

If you don’t configure these fields and are using PPTP or PPPoE

 

 

encapsulation, then the Prestige checks the PPPoE channel or PPTP

 

 

tunnel to determine if the WAN connection is down.

 

Configuration:

 

 

Backup Gateway

Enter the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal

0.0.0.0

IP Address

notation.

 

 

The Prestige automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the

 

 

Prestige’s Internet connection terminates.

 

 

 

 

Check WAN IP

Configuration of this field is optional. If you do not enter an IP address

0.0.0.0

Address

here, the Prestige will use the default gateway IP address.

 

 

Configure this field to test your Prestige’s WAN accessibility. Enter the

 

 

IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, your ISP’s DNS

 

 

server address).

 

 

If you are using PPTP or PPPoE Encapsulation, enter “0.0.0.0” to

 

 

configure the Prestige to check the PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) or

 

 

PPTP tunnel.

 

Fail Tolerance

Enter the number of times your Prestige may attempt and fail to

5

 

connect to the Internet before traffic is forwarded to the backup

 

Remote Node Setup

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