Interfaces
Wide Area Networks (WANs)
IX20 User Guide
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10. Type
exit
to exit the Admin CLI.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an
Access selection
menu
. Type
quit
to disconnect from the device.
Configure the device to reboot when a failure is detected
Using SureLink, you can configure the IX20 device to reboot when it has determined that an interface
has failed.
Required configuration items
n
Enable SureLink.
SureLink can be enabled for both IPv4 and IPv6 configurations. By default, SureLink is enabled
for IPv4 for the preconfigured WAN (
ETH1
) and WWAN (
Modem
). It is disabled for IPv6.
n
Enable device reboot upon interface failure.
n
The type of probe test to be performed, either:
l
Ping: Requires the hostname or IP address of the host to be pinged.
l
DNS query: You can perform a DNS query to a named DNS server, or to the DNS servers
configured for the WAN.
l
HTTP or HTTPS test: Requires the URL of the host to be tested.
l
Interface status: Determines if the interface has an IP address assigned to it, that the
physical link is up, and that a route is present to send traffic out of the network interface.
Additional configuration items
n
See
Configure SureLink active recovery to detect WAN/WWAN failures
for optional SureLink
configuration parameters.
To configure the IX20 device to reboot when an interface has failed:
WebUI
SureLink can be configured for both IPv4 and IPv6.
1. Log into the IX20 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.
2. On the menu, click
System
. Under
Configuration
, click
Device Configuration
.
The
Configuration
window is displayed.