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Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch, Traffic Redirect, FIELD, DESCRIPTION

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Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch FIELD DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE Check WAN Enter the IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, your IP Address ISP's DNS server address) to test your Prestige's WAN accessibility. 0.0.0.0 The Prestige uses the default gateway IP address if you do not enter an IP address here. If you are using PPTP or PPPoE Encapsulation, enter "0.0.0.0" to configure the Prestige to check the PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) or PPTP tunnel. Fail Tolerance Enter the number of times your Prestige may attempt and fail to connect 2 to the Internet before traffic is forwarded to the backup gateway. Two to five is usually a good number. Period (sec) Enter the time interval (in seconds) between WAN connection checks. 5 Five to 60 is usually a good number. Timeout (sec) Enter the number of seconds the Prestige waits for a ping response from the IP Address in the Check WAN IP Address field before it times out. The number in this field should be less than the number in the Period 3 field. Three to 50 is usually a good number. The WAN connection is considered "down" after the Prestige times out the number of times specified in the Fail Tolerance field. When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt "Press [ENTER] to confirm or [ESC] to cancel" to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen. Traffic Redirect 10-5

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Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch
Traffic Redirect
10-5
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
Check WAN
IP Address
Enter the IP address of a reliable nearby computer (for example, your
ISP’s DNS server address) to test your Prestige’s WAN accessibility.
The Prestige uses the default gateway
IP address if you do not enter an
IP address here.
If you are using PPTP or PPPoE Encapsulation, enter “0.0.0.0” to
configure the Prestige to check the PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) or
PPTP tunnel.
0.0.0.0
Fail Tolerance
Enter the number of times your Prestige may attempt and fail to connect
to the Internet before traffic is forwarded to the backup gateway. Two to
five is usually a good number.
2
Period (sec)
Enter the time interval (in seconds) between WAN connection checks.
Five to 60 is usually a good number.
5
Timeout (sec)
Enter the number of seconds the Prestige waits for a ping response from
the IP Address in the
Check WAN IP Address
field before it times out.
The number in this field should be less than the number in the
Period
field. Three to 50 is usually a good number.
The WAN connection is considered “down” after the Prestige times out
the number of times specified in the
Fail
Tolerance
field.
3
When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press [ENTER] to confirm or [ESC]
to cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.