TP-Link Omada ER8411 VPN Router - Manual (Page 99)

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Configuring Transmission Load Balancing Configurations
5.2 Configuring the Link Backup
With Link Backup function, the router will switch all the new sessions from dropped lines
automatically to another to keep an always on-line network.
Choose the menu
Transmission > Load Balancing > Link Backup and click Add to load
the following page.
Figure 5-2 Configuring the Link Backup Rule
Configure the following parameters on this page and click OK .
Primary WAN Specify the primary WAN port. You can choose one primary WAN port, or choose
multiple primary WAN ports to perform load balance.
Backup WAN Specify the backup WAN port to back up the traffic for the primary WAN port under
the specified condition.
Mode Specify the mode as Timing or Failover.
Timing : Link Backup will be enabled if the specified effective time is reached. All the
traffic on the primary WAN will switch to the backup WAN at the beginning of the
effective time; the traffic on the backup WAN will switch to the primary WAN at the
ending of the effective time.
Failover(Enable backup link when any primary WANs fails) : Link Backup will be
enabled when any primary WANs fails. Load balancing will be enabled on the backup
WAN. The traffic on the backup WAN will switch to the primary WAN when the failed
primary WANs works properly.
Failover(Enable backup link when all primary WANs fail) : Link Backup will be
enabled only when all primary WANs fail. All the traffic on the primary WAN will switch
to the backup WAN. The traffic on the backup WAN will switch to the primary WAN
when all the primary WANs works properly.
Effective Time Specify the time for the rule to take effect. Any means it takes effect at any time. If no
desired time ranges have been configured, go to Preferences > Time Range page to
create one.