Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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6.
Enable
active recovery.
7. For
Restart interface
, enable to configure the device to restart the interface when its
connection is considered to have failed. This is useful for interfaces that may regain
connectivity after restarting, such as a cellular modem.
8. For
Reboot device
, enable to instruct the device to reboot when the WAN connection is
considered to have failed.
9. Change the
Interval
between connectivity tests.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the
format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
Interval
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 15 minutes.
10. For
Success condition
, determine whether the interface should fail over based on the failure
of one of the test targets, or all of the test targets.
11. For
Attempts
, type the number of probe attempts before the WAN is considered to have failed.
12. For
Response timeout
, type the amount of time that the device should wait for a response to
a probe attempt before considering it to have failed.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the
format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
Response timeout
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 15 seconds.
13. Add a test target:
a. Click to expand
Test targets
.
b. For
Add Test target
, click
.
c. Select the
Test type
:
n
Ping test
or
Ping test (IPv6)
: Tests connectivity by sending an ICMP echo request
to the hostname or IP address specified in
Ping host
. You can also optionally
change the number of bytes in the
Ping payload size
.
n
DNS test
or
DNS test (IPv6)
: Tests connectivity by sending a DNS query to the
specified
DNS server
.
