Chapter 8 WAN and 3G Screens
ZyWALL 2WG User’s Guide
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8.5 The Traffic Redirect Screen
Traffic redirect forwards WAN traffic to a backup gateway when the ZyWALL cannot connect
to the Internet through its normal gateway. Connect the backup gateway on the WAN so that
the ZyWALL still provides firewall protection for the LAN.
Figure 119
Traffic Redirect WAN Setup
Reset time and
data budget
counters
This button is available only when you enable budget control in this screen.
Click this button to reset the time and data budgets immediately. The count starts
over with the 3G connection’s full configured monthly time and data budgets. This
does not affect the normal monthly budget restart.
Actions when
over budget
Specify the actions the ZyWALL takes when the time or data limit is exceeded.
Select
Log
to create a log.
Select
Alert
to create an alert.
If you select
Log
, you can also select
recurring every
to have the ZyWALL send a
log (and alert if selected) for this event periodically. Specify how often (from 1 to
65535 minutes) to send the log (and alert if selected).
Select
Allow
to permit new 3G connections or
Disallow
to drop/block new 3G
connections.
Select
Keep
to maintain the existing 3G connection or
Drop
to disconnect it.
You cannot select
Allow
and
Drop
at the same time.
If you select
Disallow
and
Keep
, the ZyWALL allows you to transmit data using the
current connection, but you cannot build a new connection if the existing
connection is disconnected.
Actions when
over % of time
budget or % of
data budget
Specify the actions the ZyWALL takes when the specified percentage of time
budget or data limit is exceeded. Enter a number from 1 to 99 in the percentage
fields. If you change the value after you configure and enable budget control, the
ZyWALL resets the statistics.
Select
Log
to create a log.
Select
Alert
to create an alert.
If you select
Log
, you can also select
recurring every
to have the ZyWALL send a
log (and alert if selected) for this event periodically. Specify how often (from 1 to
65535 minutes) to send the log (and alert if selected).
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.
Reset
Click
Reset
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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NETWORK > WAN > 3G (WAN 2) (continued)
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