IndicateanameyouwishtogivethisWANconnection
Clickthecheckboxtotoggletheonandoffstateofthisconnection.
ThisoptionallowsyoutoselecttheroutingmethodtobeusedinroutingIPframesviathe
WANconnection.ThemodecanbeeitherNAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)orIP
Forwarding.
InthecaseifyouneedtochooseIPForwardingforyourscenario.Clickthe buttonto
enableIPForwarding.
Choosebetween:
Auto:Thesubnetmaskwillbesetautomatically.
Force/31Subnet:Thesubnetmaskwillbesetas255.255.255.254(/31),andthegatewayIP
addresswillberecalculated.
ThisoptionallowsyoutoconfiguretheWANconnectionwhetherfornormaldailyusageoras
abackupconnectiononly.
IfAlwaysonischosen,theWANconnectionwillbekeptoncontinuously,regardlessofthe
priorityofotherWANconnections.
IfBackupischosen,theWANconnectionwilldependonotherWANconnections.Itwillnotbe
usedwhenoneormorehigherprioritydependentWANconnectionsareconnected.
Independent
fromBackup
WANs
Ifthisischecked,theconnectionwillbeworkingindependentfromotherBackupWAN
connections.ThoseinBackupPrioritywillignorethestatusofthisWANconnection,andwill
beusedwhennoneoftheotherhigherpriorityconnectionsareavailable.
Ifthisischecked,theconnectionwilldisconnectwhenidleaftertheconfiguredTimevalue.
Thisoptionisdisabledbydefault.
EachISPmayprovideasetofDNSserversforDNSlookups.Thissettingspecifiesthe
DNS(DomainNameSystem)serverstobeusedwhenaDNSlookupisroutedthroughthis
connection.
SelectingObtainDNSserveraddressautomaticallyresultsintheDNSservers
assignedbytheWANDHCPserverbeingusedforoutboundDNSlookupsoverthe
connection.(TheDNSserversareobtainedalongwiththeWANIPaddressassignedby
theDHCPserver.)WhenUsethefollowingDNSserveraddress(es)isselected,youmayenter
customDNSserveraddressesforthisWANconnectionintotheDNSserver1andDNSserver
2fields.
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