Created on 10-31-2005 12:00 AM
Description | How to set up a ping server and dead gateway detection on a FortiGate unit. |
Components | All FortiGate units. |
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Use a ping server in conjunction with dead gateway detection, and a redundant internet connection. If the primary connection fails, the redundant connection (for example a modem on a FortiGate-60M) replaces the down connection.The Ping Server automatically pings an IP address on the next hop router to verify when the connection is up and active again. The FortiGate unit will automatically switch back to the primary Internet connection. Adding a Ping serverTo add a ping server to an interface
Dead gateway detectionThe FortiGate unit uses dead gateway detection to ping the Ping Server IP address to make sure the FortiGate unit can connect to that IP address. Modify the dead gateway detection to control how the FortiGate unit confirms connectivity with a ping server added to an interface configuration. To modify dead gateway detection
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