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Chapter 5: Firewall, Failover and Out of Band
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Specify the Probe Addresses of two sites (the Primary and Secondary ) that the IM console server is to ping to
determine if Network / Network1 is still operational
 Select the System: Dial menu option and the port to be configured ( Serial DB9 Port or PC Card or Internal
Modem Port )
 Select the Baud Rate and Flow Control that will communicate with the modem
Note You can further configure the console/modem port ( e.g. to include modem init strings) by editing
/etc/mgetty.config files as described in the Chapter 13 - Advanced.
 Check the Enable Dial-Out Access box and enter the access details for the remote PPP server to be called
Override DNS is available for PPP Devices such as modems. Override DNS allows the use of alternate DNS servers
from those provided by your ISP. For example, an alternative DNS may be required for OpenDNS used for content
filtering.
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To enable Override DNS , check the Override returned DNS Servers box. Enter the IP of the DNS servers into
the spaces provided.