Dead Gateway Detection

This feature is used with the Multiple Default Gateway feature. When the current default gateway goes offline, this feature detects the failure and automatically enables the next preferred default gateway from the Multiple Default Gateway list to act as the current default gateway. When a dead default gateway with a higher preference is again online, this feature detects this and switches back to the default gateway with the higher preference.

For more information on this, see Enabling Dead Gateway Detection and Configuring Dead Gateway Detection.


Probe Interval

This configured parameter lets you fine-tune the performance of the Dead Gateway Detection feature by modifying the time interval (in seconds) at which probes are sent to the default gateway to determine whether it is functional or not.

For more information on this, see Configuring Probe Interval.


Probe Timeout

This configured parameter sets the time interval (in seconds) after which the next probe is sent to the default gateway, when there is no reply received by the gateway for the previously sent probe.

For more information on this, see Configuring Probe Timeout.



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