Interfaces
Wide Area Networks (WANs)
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7. Click to expand
Test targets
.
8. For
Add Test Target
, click
.
9. Select the
Test type
:
n
Ping test
: 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
: Tests connectivity by sending a DNS query to the specified
DNS server
.
n
HTTP test
: Tests connectivity by sending an HTTP or HTTPS GET request to the URL
specified in
Web servers
. The URL should take the format of
http[s]://
hostname
/
[
path
]
.
n
Test DNS servers configured for this interface
: Tests connectivity by sending a DNS
query to the DNS servers configured for this interface.
n
Test the interface status
: The interface is considered to be down based on:
l
Down time
: The amount of time that the interface can be down before this test is
considered 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
Down time
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 60 seconds.
l
Initial connection time
: The amount of time to wait for an initial connection to the
interface before this test is considered 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
Initial connection time
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 60 seconds.
10. Optional active recovery configuration parameters:
a. 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.
b. For
Reboot device
, enable to instruct the device to reboot when the WAN connection is
considered to have failed.
Note
If both the
Restart interface
and
Reboot device
parameters are enabled, the
Reboot device
parameter takes precedence.
c. 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.
