User manual

This returns you to the main Connection Failover page. You’ll notice that ticks and

crosses are display alongside each connection, describing how they are configured for

each connection level. A red cross means Disabled, a green ticket means Enabled and

a green tick with a small red plus means Required,

Internet Load Balancing

Once you have configured two or more Internet connections, you may enable Internet

load balancing. Load balancing may be used in conjunction with Internet failover, or on

its own.

Note

If you have configured your SG560, SG565 or SG580’s switch as separate ports, and are

establishing multiple PPPoE ADSL Internet connections using two or more of these ports,

it is important that each port is connected to a remote device with a unique MAC address.

This is almost definitely the case if each of the Internet connections are through different

ISPs, otherwise you may have to request this specifically from your ISP.

If this is not possible, set each of the ADSL modems to routing or NAT rather than

bridged mode. Typically this means the ADSL modem terminates the PPPoE

connection, and the SG appliance is configured with DHCP or manually assigned

settings, using the ADSL modem as a gateway.

The Internet connections need not be the same, e.g. you can perform load balancing

between a PPPoE ADSL connection on one network port, and a Cable Internet

connection on the other.

Network Setup