ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Remote Node Configuration

HomeSafe User’s Guide

Table 22-5 Menu 11.6: Traffic Redirect Setup

FIELD	DESCRIPTION	EXAMPLE
Active	Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes (to enable) or No (to disable) traffic	Yes
	redirect setup. The default is No.
Configuration:
Backup	Enter the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal notation.	0.0.0.0
Gateway IP	The HomeSafe automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the
Address
	HomeSafe’s Internet connection terminates.
Metric	Enter a number from 1 to 15 to set this route’s priority among the	15
	HomeSafe’s routes (see the Metric section in the WAN and Dial Backup	(default)
	Setup chapter) The smaller the number, the higher priority the route has.
Check WAN	Enter the IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, your	0.0.0.0
IP Address	ISP’s DNS server address) to test your HomeSafe’s WAN accessibility.
	The HomeSafe uses the default gateway IP address if you do not enter
	an IP address here.
	If you are using PPTP or PPPoE Encapsulation, enter “0.0.0.0” to
	configure the HomeSafe to check the PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) or
	PPTP tunnel.
Fail Tolerance	Enter the number of times your HomeSafe may attempt and fail to	2
	connect to the Internet before traffic is forwarded to the backup gateway.
	Two to five is usually a good number.
Period (sec)	Enter the time interval (in seconds) between WAN connection checks.	5
	Five to 60 is usually a good number.
Timeout (sec)	Enter the number of seconds the HomeSafe waits for a ping response
	from the IP Address in the Check WAN IP Address field before it times
	out. The number in this field should be less than the number in the	3
	Period field. Three to 50 is usually a good number.
	The WAN connection is considered “down” after the HomeSafe times out
	the number of times specified in the Fail Tolerance field.

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] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.

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