peplink ONE One - Health Check Settings 6

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HealthCheckSettings
ToensuretrafficisroutedtohealthyWANconnectionsonly,thePeplinkBalancecanperiodicallycheck
thehealthofeachWANconnection.
HealthChecksettingsforeachWANconnectioncanbeindependentlyconfiguredvia
Network>Interfaces>WAN>*Connectionname*>HealthCheckSettings.
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EnableHealthCheckbyselectingPING,DNSLookup,orHTTPfromtheHealthCheckMethod
dropdownmenu.
HealthCheckSettings
Method
ThissettingspecifiesthehealthcheckmethodfortheWANconnection.Thisvaluecanbe
configuredasDisabled,PING,DNSLookup,orHTTP.ThedefaultmethodisDNS
Lookup.FormobileInternetconnections,thevalueofMethodcanbeconfiguredas
DisabledorSmartCheck.
HealthCheckDisabled
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WhenDisabledischosenintheMethodfield,theWANconnectionwillalwaysbeconsideredasup.The
connectionwillNOTbetreatedasdownintheeventofIProutingerrors.
HealthCheckMethod:PING
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ICMPpingpacketswillbeissuedtotesttheconnectivitywithaconfigurabletargetIPaddressorhostname.AWAN
connectionisconsideredasupifpingresponsesarereceivedfromeitheroneorbothofthepinghosts.
PINGHosts
ThissettingspecifiesIPaddressesorhostnameswithwhichconnectivityistobetestedvia
ICMPping.IfUsefirsttwoDNSserversasPingHostsischecked,thetargetpinghost
willbethefirstDNSserverforthecorrespondingWANconnection.Reliablepinghostswith
ahighuptimeshouldbeconsidered.Bydefault,thefirsttwoDNSserversoftheWAN
connectionareusedasthepinghosts.
HealthCheckMethod:DNSLookup
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DNSlookupswillbeissuedtotestconnectivitywithtargetDNSservers.TheconnectionwillbetreatedasupifDNS
responsesarereceivedfromoneorbothoftheservers,regardlessofwhethertheresultwaspositiveornegative.
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