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MBR1200 | USER MANUAL Firmware ver. 1.6.12
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Ethernet WAN Switch Settings
5.2.2
Enable Ethernet Switch. This enables and disables the WAN Ethernet
switch. When the switch is disabled, wired Ethernet connections will
work.
Port 4: The user may convert port 4 from LAN to WAN, thus creating a
secondary WAN Ethernet port.
WAN Load Balancing
5.2.3
This feature allows you to increase the data transfer throughput by
allowing any connected interface to share the connection load. If load
balancing is active, all configurable services will be associated with the
primary interface: WAN 1. For example, if you have configured the router
to accept connections on port 80 to be forwarded to a certain host, only
WAN 1 will be effected. If the primary interface is disconnected, primary
services will failover to the next available interface.
5.2.4 WAN Interfaces
This section allows you to:

Change the failover order of devices (aka interfaces)
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Monitor their status
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Take the active link down
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Bring a link up on another device
The device at the top of the list has the highest priority. This is the device
which the router will attempt to start when it boots up. If the link cannot
be brought up on this device, or if it fails after boot up, the router will
attempt to bring the link up on the next available device. Whenever a link
fails on a device, the router will always move down to the next device
down in the list, and wrap around again to the top.
Slot. The slot is the physical port the modem or Ethernet cable is plugged into.
Device. This shows a description of the device.
Status. This is the link status of a device, which is one of the following:

Ready. This means the device is plugged in an available but not active.
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