Netopia 4000-Series Network Router User Manual


 
Line Backup 7-15
Use this setting with caution. Setting it to Yes may induce alternating switching between Backup and
Recovery Mode. This field will determine the recovery behavior of a Manual backup and Ping failure
backup. These two failures are treated as Layer 2 failures.
If you enable Auto-Recovery on loss of Layer 2, the Layer 2 Failure Timer (seconds) field becomes vis-
ible, and you can specify how long the Auto-Recovery should wait before attempting to recover connec-
tivity through your primary connection. This can prevent alternating switching between Backup and
Recovery Mode.
Press Escape twice to return to the Main Menu.
IP Setup screen
To configure the backup gateway, from the Main Menu select System Configuration then IP Setup.
The IP Setup screen appears.
The IP Setup screen permits entry of a backup IP gateway address. This field is always visible, even if the
Default IP Gateway field is not filled out, as in the case of a DHCP-acquired IP address and default gateway on
the WAN interface.
For more information on IP Setup see the “IP Setup” on page 6-2.
Note: Backup and Recovery have resolutions of five seconds. This is how often the router evaluates the state
of the connections and makes decisions.
Main
Menu
System
Configuration
IP
Setup
IP Setup
Ethernet IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Ethernet Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Define Additional Subnets...
Default IP Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Backup IP Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Primary Domain Name Server: 0.0.0.0
Secondary Domain Name Server: 0.0.0.0
Domain Name:
Receive RIP... Both
Transmit RIP... Off
Static Routes... IP Address Serving...
Network Address Translation (NAT)...
Enter an IP address in decimal and dot form (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
Set up the basic IP attributes of your Netopia in this screen.