Configuring Dial Backup - ZyXEL Communications ZyWall 10W User Manual

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Fail Tolerance

Type the number of times your ZyWALL may attempt and fail to connect to the Internet

before traffic is forwarded to the backup gateway.

Period (sec)

Type the number of seconds for the ZyWALL to wait between checks to see if it can

connect to the WAN IP address (Check WAN IP Address field) or default gateway.

Allow more time if your destination IP address handles lots of traffic.

Timeout (sec)

Type the number of seconds for your ZyWALL to wait for a ping response from the IP

Address in the Check WAN IP Address field before it times out. The WAN connection is

considered "down" after the ZyWALL times out the number of times specified in the Fail

Tolerance field. Use a higher value in this field if your network is busy or congested.

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Configuring Dial Backup

To change your ZyWALL's Dial Backup settings, click WAN, then the Dial Backup tab. The screen

appears as shown.

ZyWALL Series Internet Security Gateway

Table 8-6 Traffic Redirect

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