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7-2 Firmware User Guide
External Dial Backup Support
Netopia equipment that supports the external dial backup feature automatically display the serial port
configuration menus described in the following sections.
Models that do not support external dial backup do not display external dial backup-related menus, but offer
menus for backup to a default gateway. Generally, models that support external dial backup can be determined
from the following matrix:
Configuring External Dial Backup
Four menus support external dial backup configuration:
■ the Serial Port Configuration menu under the WAN Configuration menus
Here you select the Modem/Auto mode to allow the Console port to be used for a modem.
■ the Backup Configuration menu under WAN Configuration, Advanced Connection Options
Here you select Backup is... Automatic, and Recovery is Automatic.
■ the Add Connection Profile menus under the WAN Configuration menus
Here you choose Encapsulation Type = PPP, fill out the correct IP information, select Backup as the
interface group, and fill out the Telco Options.
■ the Backup IP Gateway menu item in the IP Setup screen under the System Configuration menu
Here you enter the Backup Gateway IP address.
Detailed descriptions follow.
WAN Configuration
To configure Line Backup, from the Main Menu select WAN Configuration and then WAN Setup.
External Dial Backup – Supported Models Matrix
WAN Interface: T1 SDSL SHDSL ADSL
IADs:
Yes Yes Yes *
Data Routers:
Yes Yes Yes *
* ADSL models do not currently support dial backup, but will support it in a revision in
the near future.