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NetComm Wireless 4G WiFi M2M Router
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OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Priority
The priority (metric) is a numeric value which determines which interface has priority. Lower priority values mean higher
priority.
Monitoring method
Specifies the means used to determine whether the link is up or down.
Verbose logging
When enabled, this logs verbose comments in the system log related to the failover monitoring.
Table 20 - Failover configuration - Hardware link monitoring
When Monitoring method is set to Ping, the router sends periodic ping requests to the specified addresses to verify the connection
is working. This works in a similar manner to the Watchdogs feature but with different ranges on the timers. Please refer to the
Watchdogs section of this user guide for a more detailed description of this function.
Figure 55 - Failover configuration - ping
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Priority
The priority (metric) is a numeric value which determines which interface has priority. Lower priority
values mean higher priority.
Monitoring method
Specifies the means used to determine whether the link is up or down.
Verbose logging
When enabled, this logs verbose comments in the system log related to the failover monitoring.
First destination address
The first address the router that the router should ping in order to confirm the connection is up. This
may be an IP address or a domain name.
Second destination address
The second address the router that the router should ping in order to confirm the connection is up.
This may be an IP address or a domain name.
Periodic Ping timer
The time in seconds between ping attempts.
Retry timer
The time in seconds between attempts when a ping failure occurs.
Fail count
The number of failed pings that must occur before the monitor moves to the second destination
address or fails the connection over to the next interface.
Table 21 - Failover configuration - Ping monitoring