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| Prestige 662H/HW Series User’s Guide |
| Table 27 WAN Backup (continued) | |
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| Recovery Interval | When the Prestige is using a lower priority connection (usually a WAN backup |
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| connection), it periodically checks to whether or not it can use a higher priority |
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| connection. |
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| Type the number of seconds (30 recommended) for the Prestige to wait between |
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| checks. Allow more time if your destination IP address handles lots of traffic. |
| Timeout | Type the number of seconds (3 recommended) for your Prestige to wait for a ping |
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| response from one of the IP addresses in the Check WAN IP Address field before |
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| timing out the request. The WAN connection is considered "down" after the Prestige |
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| times out the number of times specified in the Fail Tolerance field. Use a higher |
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| value in this field if your network is busy or congested. |
| Traffic Redirect |
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| Active | Select this check box to have the Prestige use traffic redirect if the normal WAN |
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| connection goes down. |
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| Note: If you activate traffic redirect, you must configure at least one |
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| Check WAN IP Address. |
| Metric | This field sets this route's priority among the routes the Prestige uses. |
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| The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best route |
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| for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing uses hop |
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| count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly connected |
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| networks. The number must be between "1" and "15"; a number greater than "15" |
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| 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 |
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| Prestige automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the Prestige's Internet |
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| connection terminates. |
| Dial Backup |
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| Active | Select this check box to turn on dial backup. |
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| Note: If you activate traffic redirect, you must configure at least one |
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| Check WAN IP Address. |
| Metric | This field sets this route's priority among the three routes the Prestige uses (normal, |
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| traffic redirect and dial backup). Type a number (1 to 15) to set the priority of the dial |
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| backup route for data transmission. The smaller the number, the higher the priority. |
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| If the three routes have the same metrics, the priority of the routes is as follows: |
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| WAN, Traffic Redirect, Dial Backup. |
| Port Speed | Use the |
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| backup port and the external device. Available speeds are: 9600, 19200, 38400, |
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| 57600, 115200 or 230400 bps. |
| User Name | Type the login name assigned by your ISP. |
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| Password | Type the password assigned by your ISP. |
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| Pri Phone # | Type the first (primary) phone number from the ISP for this remote node. Some |
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| areas require dialing the pound sign # before the phone number for local calls. |
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| Include a # symbol at the beginning of the phone numbers as required. |
| Advanced Setup | Click this button to display the Advanced Setup screen and edit more details of |
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| your WAN backup setup. |
| Back | Click Back to return to the previous screen. |
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| Apply | Click Apply to save the changes. |
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| Cancel | Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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