User's Manual

Changing Your Network Settings
66 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
5 From the drop-down list, select the interface for the feature:
Ethernet or modem (see the next section for additional
information on using a modem).
6 Type the IP addresses of the hosts to ping for WAN1 and WAN2
interfaces in the applicable fields.
7 Type the number of seconds between pings and the number of
seconds to wait for a reply in the applicable fields.
8 Type the limit number of pings before timeout in the applicable
field.
9 Click Submit.
Enabling External Modem Failover
Using the Firebox X Edge, you can specify that upon failover the
Edge can contact a remote secondary host for routing traffic by way
of a modem. For a list of the types of modem supported, see [FAQ?]
1 From the drop-down list on the WAN Failover page, select
Modem (serial port).
2 Under Dial Up Account Settings, use the drop-down list to
select your ISP. The following ISPs are supported: Standard PPP,
AOL, AT&T Worldnet, CompuServe 4.0, EarthLink, MSN, and
Qwest.
3 Type the telephone number of your ISP. Optionally, you can also
type an alternate telephone number.
4 Type the account name used by your ISP for your modem.
5 (Optional) If you use the login to your account with a domain
name (such as aol.com), enter it in Account Domain.
6 Enter the account password.
7 If you want to enable automatically restoring lost connections,
select the corresponding checkbox.
8 If you want to enable modem and PPP debug trace, select the
corresponding checkbox.