Wan Backup Advanced Screen - ZyXEL Communications P-662H-61 User Manual

Chapter 5 WAN Setup
Table 26 WAN Backup Setup (continued)
LABEL
Timeout
Traffic Redirect
Active Traffic
Redirect
Metric
Backup Gateway
Dial Backup
Active Dial
Backup
Metric
Port Speed
User Name
Password
Primary Phone
Number
Advanced Setup
Apply
Cancel

5.9 WAN Backup Advanced Screen

Use this screen to change your ZyXEL Device's WAN backup advanced settings, click WAN
> WAN Backup Setup > Advanced Setup. The screen appears as shown.
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DESCRIPTION
Type the number of seconds (3 recommended) for your ZyXEL Device to wait for a
ping response from one of the IP addresses in the Check WAN IP Address field
before timing out the request. The WAN connection is considered "down" after the
ZyXEL Device times out the number of times specified in the Fail Tolerance field.
Use a higher value in this field if your network is busy or congested.
Traffic redirect forwards traffic to a backup gateway when the ZyXEL Device
cannot connect to the Internet.
Select this check box to have the ZyXEL Device use traffic redirect if the normal
WAN connection goes down.
Note: If you activate traffic redirect, you must configure at least one
Check WAN IP Address.
This field sets this route's priority among the routes the ZyXEL Device uses.
The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best
route for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing uses
hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly
connected networks. The number must be between "1" and "15"; a number greater
than "15" means the link is down. The smaller the number, the lower the "cost".
Type the IP address of your backup gateway in dotted decimal notation. The
ZyXEL Device automatically forwards traffic to this IP address if the ZyXEL
Device's Internet connection terminates.
Select this box to activate dial up backup.
This field sets this route's priority among the three routes the ZyXEL Device uses
(normal, traffic redirect and dial backup). Type a number (1 to 15) to set the priority
of the dial backup route for data transmission. The smaller the number, the higher
the priority.
If the three routes have the same metrics, the priority of the routes is as follows:
WAN, Traffic Redirect, Dial Backup.
Select the speed of the connection between the dial backup port and the external
device. Available speeds are: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 or 230400 bps.
Enter the user name for this backup connection.
Enter the password for this backup connection.
Enter the phone number your modem should dial to create a connection.
Click this to configure advanced settings for dial backup.
Click Apply to save the changes.
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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