ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide

 

Figure 6-9 Traffic Redirect

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

 

Table 6-8 Traffic Redirect

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Active

Select this check box to have the ZyWALL use traffic redirect if the normal WAN

 

connection goes down.

 

 

Backup

Type the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal notation. The ZyWALL

Gateway IP

automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the ZyWALL's Internet connection

Address

terminates.

 

 

Metric

This field sets this route's priority among the routes the ZyWALL uses.

 

The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best route for

 

transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing uses hop count as

 

the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly connected networks. The

 

number must be between "1" and "15"; a number greater than "15" means the link is

 

down. The smaller the number, the lower the "cost".

 

 

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