Data Comm for Business, Inc.
2949 County Road 1000 E
Dewey, IL 61840
217-897-6600, FAX 217-897-1331
Outside Illinois: 800-4DCBNET
http://www.dcbnet.com
Bench-Test Configuration
If you would like to quickly test the IP-6600’s failover feature without having to setup a broadband
connection and modems it is possible to directly connect the two routers as illustrated below.
Before starting, reset both routers to their default configuration. This can be done from the Serial
Setup or from the Administration web page.
Local IP-6600
1. Ethernet-A IP Configuration
– Set the IP address and Subnet Mask for your local network.
In our example, this would be IP:10.0.1.2, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0.
2. Tools/ISP-Failover
- Enable failover and select the ping method. Set Ethernet-B as the
primary interface and Serial-A as the failover interface. Set both the Failover-Time and
Recovery-Time to 10 seconds. Set the Ping Target to the IP address of the remote IP-6600’s
Ethernet-B interface. For our example, this would be 10.225.0.8. Enable the Block Default
Route field.
3. Ethernet-B IP Configuration
– Set the IP address and Subnet Mask for your broadband
connection. In our example, this would be IP: 10.225.0.7, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0.
4. Ethernet-B Static Routes
– Set a default route to the remote router. For our example, this
would be an entry of Target: 0.0.0.0, Netmask: 0.0.0.0, Gateway: 10.225.0.8, Failover: Yes.
Notice that this is a failover route.
IP-6600
Router
IP-6600
Router
Local
Network
Remote
Network
Backup
Null-ModemSerial
Primary
Ethernet Crossov er
Ethernet-B
Ethernet-B
Serial-A
Serial-A
Ethernet-A
Ethernet-A
10.0.1
255.255.255.0
10.0.1.2
10.0.2
255.255.255.0
10.0.2.2
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
10.225.0.7
10.225.0.8
