Ping Watch Dog - TP-Link TL-WA901ND User Manual

Chapter 4
Note:
Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options "Number of Pings", "Ping Size" and "Ping Timeout" are used for the
Ping function. Option "Tracert Hops" is used for the Tracert function.
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Ping Watch Dog

The Ping Watch Dog is dedicated for continuous monitoring of the particular connection
to remote host using the Ping tool. It makes the access point continuously ping a user
defined IP address (it can be the Internet gateway for example). If it is unable to ping
under the user defined constraints, the access point will automatically reboot.
1. Visit http://tplinkap.net, and log in using
2. Go to System Tools
• Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog.
• IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is
sending ping packets.
• Interval - Time interval between two ping packets which are sent out continuously.
• Delay - Time delay before first ping packet is sent out when the access point is
restarted.
• Fail Count - Upper limit of the ping packets the access point can drop continuously. If
this value is overrun, the access point will restart automatically.
admin
> Ping Watch Dog. Configure the settings and click Save.
Configure the Access Point
(all lowercase) for both username and password.
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