Wan Status - NETGEAR FVS336Gv3 Reference Manual

ProSAFE Dual WAN Gigabit WAN SSL VPN Firewall FVS336Gv3
Multicast and Broadcast Logs
Table 22. System logs: multicast and broadcast
Message Jan 1 07:24:13 [FVS336Gv3] [kernel] MCAST-BCAST IN=WAN OUT=SELF SRC=
192.168.1.73 DST=192.168.1.255 PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138
Explanation •
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Recommended action None

WAN Status

This section describes the logs generated by the WAN component. If you have several ISP
links for Internet connectivity, you can configure the VPN firewall either in auto-rollover or
load balancing mode.
• Load Balancing
• Auto-Rollover
Load Balancing
When the WAN mode is configured for load balancing, all the WAN ports are active
simultaneously and the traffic is balanced between them. If one WAN link goes down, all the
traffic is diverted to the other WAN links that are active.
This section describes the logs generated when the WAN mode is set to load balancing.
Table 23. System logs: WAN status, load balancing
Message Dec 1 12:11:27 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] Restarting WAN1_
Dec 1 12:11:31 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] Restarting WAN2_
Dec 1 12:11:35 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] WAN1(UP), WAN2(UP)_
Dec 1 12:24:12 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] WAN1(UP), WAN2(DOWN)_
Dec 1 12:29:43 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] Restarting WAN2_
Dec 1 12:29:47 [FVS336Gv3] [wand] [LBFO] WAN1(UP), WAN2(DOWN)_
Explanation Message 1 and Message 2 indicate that both the WANs are restarted.
Message 3: This message shows that both the WANs are up and the traffic is
balanced between the two WAN interfaces.
Messages 4, 5, and 6: These messages show that one of the WAN links is down
and that restarting the WAN link does not resolve the situation. At this point, all the
traffic is directed through the WAN that is up.
Recommended action None
Auto-Rollover
When the WAN mode is configured for auto-rollover, the primary link is active and the
secondary link acts only as a backup. When the primary link goes down, the secondary link
This multicast or broadcast packet is sent to the device from the WAN network.
For other settings, see Table 13
System Logs and Error Messages
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on page 646.