Enabling Dead Gateway Detection; Configuring Dead Gateway Detection - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Enabling Dead Gateway Detection

Configuring Dead Gateway Detection

Configuring Probe Interval
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1
Load INETCFG and then select Protocols > TCP/IP.
2
Select Dead Gateway Detection > Enabled.
3
Press Esc until you are prompted to save your changes, and then select
Yes.
4
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
5
If you want these changes to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System > Yes.
You can fine-tune the performance of the Dead Gateway Detection feature.
Probe Interval is the time (in seconds) at which probes would be sent to the
default gateway to determine whether it is functional or not.
The valid range of values for Probe Timeout is from 10 to 1800 seconds.
Default value is 30 seconds.
Probe Timeout is the time interval (in seconds) after which the next probe is
sent to the default gateway, when there is no reply received by the gateway for
the previously sent probe.
The valid range of Probe Timeout values is from 1 to 20 seconds. Default
value is 2 seconds.
1
Load INETCFG and then select Protocols > TCP/IP > Dead Gateway
Detection Configuration.
2
Select Probe Interval and then enter a value in seconds.
3
Press Esc until you are prompted to save your changes, and then select
Yes.
4
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
5
If you want these changes to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System > Yes.