Ping Watchdog; Local Access Management - TRENDnet TEW-829DRU User Manual

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Ping Watchdog

Administrator > Ping Watchdog
The Ping Watchdog feature allows you configure your router to monitor connectivity to
a specific host IP address. If connectivity is lost to the specified host IP address, the
router will automatically initiate a device reboot in an automatic attempt to re-establish
previously lost connectivity.
1. Log into your router management page (see
on page 8).
2. Click on Administrator and click on Ping Watchdog.
3. Review the settings below. When complete, click Apply to save and commit your
changes.

Local Access Management

 Enable – Check this option to enable the ping watchdog feature.
 Ping Host / Interface – Enter the IP address to monitor and send ping requests to
check connectivity.
Note: You can additional host IP address entries to monitor by clicking
o
ALL – Check all local and WAN interfaces for the specified host IP
address.
o
WAN1 – Check only the WAN1 interface for the specified host IP
address.
o
WAN2 – Check only the WAN2 interface specified host IP address.
o
Import Default Gateway – Clicking this option will automatically
attempt to copy both WAN interfaces default IP gateway to an
available entry.
 Ping Interval – Enter interval time for the router to send ping and connectivity
check. Ex: Setting the interval to 5 Minutes will configure to send a ping and check
connectivity every 5 mintes.
 Fail Count to Perform Reboot – Once ping/connectivity check fails, this sets the
maximum amount of attempts the router will attempt to check connectivity before
initiating an automatic reboot.
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