Line Backup 7-13
Using Scheduled Connections with Backup
The backup link is a PPP dial-up connection and only connects to the Internet ser vice provider when traffic is
initiated from the LAN. If you want to use the backup link to provide redundancy for ser vices, such as a Web
ser vice that you provide to the outside world, you must force the connection to stay up. You do this by creating
a scheduled connection entr y that will be a permanent “forced up” connection for the backup modem. The
backup modem will be activated upon primar y WAN link failure and remain active until primar y WAN link
recover y.
To configure a Scheduled Connection, from the Main Menu select WAN Configuration and then Scheduled
Connections.
The Scheduled Connections screen appears.
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Select
Add Scheduled Connection
and press Return. The Add Scheduled Connection screen appears.
WAN
Main
Menu
Advanced Connection
Options
Configuration
Scheduled
Connections
Scheduled Connections
Display/Change Scheduled Connection...
Add Scheduled Connection...
Delete Scheduled Connection...
Return/Enter to add a Scheduled Connection.
Navigate from here to add/modify/change/delete Scheduled Connections.
