Chapter 4
Advanced Configuration
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all WAN ports by using Weighted Round Robin to balance
the loading.
IP Group (By Users) Select this option to group traffic by
different priority levels or classes of service (CoS). It can
ensure bandwidth and higher priority for the specific IP
addresses of important users, and the IP Group users don’t
need to share bandwidth with lower classification users
who use Intelligent Balancer mode.
If you change the Router’s Load Balance Mode, a
confirmation message will appear. You have to save this
change before you can change the settings of any WAN
ports.
Interface Setting
The Interface Setting displays the number of WAN ports
and their Load Balance mode in the Mode column. Click
Edit in the Config. column to change the Load Balance
settings of the selected WAN port.
Edit Load Balance (Intelligent Balancer)
After you clicked Edit, configure the Load Balance settings
for the selected WAN port.
System Management > Multi-WAN > Intelligent Balancer > Edit Load
Balance
Bandwidth
Interface The selected WAN port will be displayed.
The Max. Bandwidth provided by ISP
Upstream Enter the maximum upstream bandwidth
provided by your ISP. The default is 512 kbit/sec.
Downstream Enter the maximum downstream
bandwidth provided by your ISP. The default is
512 kbit/sec.
Network Service Detection
Network Service Detection can test a WAN port’s network
connectivity by pinging the Default Gateway or a specific
IP address. This tool can detect the network connection
status of the ISP if you have set up the DNS server in the
Setup > Network screen. If you did not set up the DNS
server, the checkbox will be grayed out, and then you
cannot use the DNS lookup tool.
Network Service Detection Network Service Detection
helps manage your connection and can report when your
connection experiences problems. To use this service,
select this option.
Retry Count Enter the number of times the Router will
try to reconnect if the connection fails.
Retry Timeout Enter the number of times the Router will
try to make a connection to your ISP before it times out.
When Fail Should the connection be lost, set the Router
to perform one of the following actions, Remove the
Connection or Generate the Error Condition in the
System Log.
Remove the Connection • Failover will occur; the
backup will be used. When the WAN port’s connectivity
is restored, its traffic will also be restored.
Generate the Error Condition in the System •
Log Failover will not occur; only an error condition
will be logged.
Default Gateway Select this option to ping the Default
Gateway.
ISP Host Select this option to ping the ISP Host. Then
enter the IP address.
Remote Host Select this option to ping the Remote Host.
Then enter the IP address.
DNS Lookup Host Select this option to ping the DNS
Lookup Host. Then enter the IP address.
Protocol Binding
The Router supports Protocol Binding functionality. This
allows you to specify the internal IP and/or Service going
through the selected WAN port.
Service Select the Service you want.
If the Service you need is not listed in the menu, click
Service Management to add the new service. The Service
Management screen appears.