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It should be noted that WAN1 and WAN2 will show as Not Enabled and should be left that way
when editing this information. If you have enabled Load Balancing for the modem in
Modem > Connection Profile>Advanced they will be automatically enabled here when they
connect to the Internet and automatically disabled when they are removed.
An Interface uses pinging a server to determine if the connection is up or down. You can
customize the number of pings and the way they are interpreted to suit your system and
connection.
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Tracking IP is the IP Address of a site you wish to ping. An IP Address must be entered in this box
in order for Connection Monitoring to work. By clicking on the green plus at the end of the box
you can have multiple IP Addresses that you wish to ping. If multiple Tracking IPs are defined
then these are pinged one after the other and the number of responses are kept track of for
that ping session.
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Tracking Reliability is the number of Tracking IPs that must respond each time a ping session is
done in order for the connection to be deemed up or down. It must be less than or equal to the
number of Tracking IPs defined.
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Ping Count is the number of packets sent during a ping to a Tracking IP. A larger number of
packets can ensure that a ping response occurs in congested areas.
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Ping Interval is the amount of time between each ping session. The longer this interval the less
data that is used pinging the Tracking IPs but it is also slower to determine if a connection is up
or down.
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Ping Timeout is the amount of time that the Connection Monitor waits after sending a ping for
its response. If no response is obtained in this time then the ping is assumed to be lost. This time
may be increased if congestion is slowing down your connection.
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Interface Down is the number of ping sessions that failed to return the number of pings defined
by Tracking Reliability as required before the connection is deemed to be down.
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Interface Up is the number of ping sessions that returned a response of the number of pings
defined by Tracking Reliability as required before the connection is deemed to be up.
The default values will work quite well in most situations but Interfaces that suffer from
congestion or other problems may have to be customized to avoid false indications of the
connection being down.
Members Section
To see the Members section click on the Members tab.
Members are a pool of Interfaces that have a cost and balance rati o connected to them. The same
Interface can appear in different Member entries as it may have a different cost or balance ratio
in each.
The Cost of a Member is known as the Metric and lower values mean a lower cost. The Balance
Ratio is known as the Weight and higher values mean more traffic goes to that Member.