Table 76 Menu 2 WAN Backup Setup (continued)
FIELD | DESCRIPTION |
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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. |
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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.
20.2.1 Traffic Redirect SetupConfigure parameters that determine when the Prestige will forward WAN traffic to the backup gateway using Menu 2.1 — Traffic Redirect Setup.
Figure 113 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 77 Menu 2.1Traffic Redirect Setup
FIELD | DESCRIPTION |
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Active. | Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes (to enable) or No (to disable) traffic redirect |
| setup. The default is No |
Configuration |
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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. |
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