4 ping watch dog, 5 speed test – TP-Link TL-WA5110G User Manual

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To restore the AP's configuration, please take the following steps:

Click Browse to find the location of configuration file which you want to restore.

Click Restore to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have
input or selected in the blank.

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Note:

1.

The current configuration will be covered by the uploading configuration file.

2.

Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged.

3.

The restoring process will last for 20 seconds and the AP will restart automatically. Do not
power off the device during the process to avoid any damage.

5.9.4 Ping Watch Dog

The Ping Watch Dog is dedicated for continuous monitoring of the particular connection to
remote host using the Ping tool. It makes this device continuously ping a user defined IP address
(it can be the internet gateway for example). If it is unable to ping under the user defined
constraints, this device will automatically reboot.

Figure 5-28 Ping Watch Dog Utility

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Enable

: Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog.

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IP Address

: The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending

ping packets.

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Interval

: Time internal between two ping packets which are sent out continuously.

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Delay

: Time delay before first ping packet is sent out when the device is restarted.

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Fail Count:

Upper limit of the ping packet the device can drop continuously. If this value is

overrun, the device will restart automatically.

Be sure to click the Submit button to make your settings in operation.

5.9.5 Speed Test

The Speed Test is dedicated for testing the connection speed to and from any reachable IP
address on current network, especially when we are building wireless network between devices
which are far away from each other. It should be used for the preliminary throughput estimation
between two network devices. The estimation is rough. You can input the remote device's

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