Connection Profiles - Motorola Netopia Embedded Software Handbook

8-2 Administrator's Handbook
Here you can select Backup is = Automatic, and Recovery is Automatic. See
screen" on page 8-9.
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the Backup IP Gateway menu item in the IP Setup screen under the System Configuration menu
Here you enter a Backup Gateway IP address. See
different backup gateway device; see
Detailed descriptions follow.
Connection Profiles
The dial backup feature allows you to configure a complete Connection Profile for the modem backup, just as
you do for your primary WAN connection. In this way profiles are associated with a particular interface. It should
have switched characteristics for modem backup.
Navigate to the Add Connection Profile screen.
Profile Name:
Profile Enabled:
Encapsulation Type...
RFC1483 Mode...
IP Profile Parameters...
COMMIT
Return accepts * ESC cancels * Left/Right moves insertion point * Del deletes.
Configure a new Conn. Profile. Finished?
If you used Easy Setup to configure your DSL connection, you have already created one Connection Profile. For
the backup modem, you create a second Connection Profile, and associate it with the backup modem interface.
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Profile Name: Give the profile a descriptive name, for example "Modem Backup".
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Profile Enabled: Ordinarily this is toggled to Yes. You can toggle it to No, if you want to disable it later.
"Backup Default Gateway" on page
Main WAN
Menu Configuration
Add Connection Profile
"IP Setup" on page 8-6. Alternatively, you can choose a
Add Connection
Profile
Profile 1
Yes
RFC1483
Bridged 1483
CANCEL
COMMIT or CANCEL to exit.
"Backup Configuration
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