Operation Manual

Vigor2832 Series User’s Guide

WAN Connection

Detection

Such function allows you to verify whether network

connection is alive or not through ARP Detect or Ping Detect.

Mode – Choose ARP Detect or Ping Detect or Always On for

the system to execute for WAN detection. If you choose Ping

Detect as the detection mode, you have to type required

settings for the following items.

 Primary/Secondary Ping IP – If you choose Ping Detect as

detection mode, you have to type Primary or Secondary IP

address in this field for pinging.

 Ping Gateway IP – If you choose Ping Detect as detection

mode, you also can enable this setting to use current WAN

gateway IP address for pinging. With the IP address(es)

pinging, Vigor router can check if the WAN connection is

on or off.

 TTL (Time to Live) – Set TTL value of PING operation.

 Ping Interval – Type the interval for the system to

execute the PING operation.

 Ping Retry – Type the number of times that the system is

allowed to execute the PING operation before WAN

disconnection is judged.

MTU It means Max Transmit Unit for packet.

RIP Protocol

Routing Information Protocol is abbreviated as RIP（RFC1058）

specifying how routers exchange routing tables information.

Click Enable RIP for activating this function.

Bridge Mode Enable Bridge Mode - If the function is enabled, the router

will work as a bridge modem.

Enable Firewall – It is available when Bridge Mode is

enabled. When both Bridge Mode and Firewall check boxes

are enabled, the settings configured (user profiles) under

User Management will be ignored. And all of the filter rules

defined and enabled in Firewall menu will be activated.

Bridge Subnet – Make a bridge between the selected LAN

subnet and such WAN interface.

WAN IP Network Settings This group allows you to obtain an IP address automatically

and allows you type in IP address manually.

WAN IP Alias - If you have multiple public IP addresses and

would like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use

WAN IP Alias. You can set up to 32 public IP addresses other

than the current one you are using. Notice that this setting is

available for WAN1 only. Type the additional WAN IP address

and check the Enable box. Then click OK to exit the dialog.