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Make PPP n interface use the alternative idle timeout when this route becomes
available
When checked, this check box, in conjunction with the PPP interface instance number in the
text box will cause the router to use the alternative inactivity timeout specified for that
interface when this route comes back into service. This feature is useful when it is
preferable to close down a backup route quickly when a primary route comes back into
service.
Wait for s seconds after power up before allowing this route to activate the
interface
The value in this text box specifies the delay that the router should wait after power-up
before packets matching this route will initiate a connection of the interface configured in
the route. It is typically used on W-WAN routers that have ISDN backup in order to prevent
unnecessary ISDN connections from being made whilst a W-WAN connection is first being
established.
Mark this route as “Out of Service” in the interface fails to connect after n
consecutive attempts
Normally, if an interface is requested to connect by a route and fails to connect, the route
metric is set to 16 for the period of time specified by the Mark a static route as “Out Of
Service” for s seconds parameter on the Configuration – Network > IP
Routing/Forwarding > IP Routing page. If the value in this text box is non-zero, the
route metric will not be set to 16 until the number of connection attempts specified by this
parameter have been made.
If the interface fails to connect, try again in s seconds
If an interface is requested to connect by this route (due to IP traffic being present) and it
fails to connect, the route will be marked as out of service but the router will continue to
attempt to connect at the interval specified by the value in this text box. If the interface
does connect, the router will clear the out of service status for the route.
Deactivate the interface after it successfully connects
When checked, this check box will cause the router to deactivate an interface once a
successful activation attempt has been made. This is used in conjunction with the above
retry parameter. If the above retry parameter is not set, this checkbox is “greyed out”.
Do not allow this interface to be activated by this route for s seconds after the last
activation attempt
The value in this text box is the delay to wait before re-initiating a connection after it has
dropped whilst still required.
Only queue one packet whilst waiting for the interface to connect
When checked, this checkbox will cause the router to enqueue only one packet while waiting
for the interface to connect. When unchecked, the router will enqueue two packets.
When this route becomes available, deactivate the following interfaces x,y x,y
The interfaces specified by the values in these two pairs of drop-down list and text boxes
will be deactivated when this route becomes available again after being out of service. This
feature is typically used to deactivate backup interfaces when the primary interface
becomes available after being out of service. Select the required interface from the drop-
down list and enter the interface instance number into the text box as usual.
When this route becomes unavailable, remove the “Out of Service” state on x,y
This drop-down list and text box are used to specify the interface (available options are
“None”, “PPP”, “Ethernet” and “Tunnel”) and instance that should be taken out of the “Out
of Service” state when the interface that this route is configured to use is deactivated.