ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide
Table of Contents 12
Chapter 6
Bridge Screens..................................................................................................... 122
6.1 Bridge Loop ......................................................................................................122
6.2 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) .........................................................................122
6.2.1 Rapid STP ..............................................................................................123
6.2.2 STP Terminology ....................................................................................123
6.2.3 How STP Works .....................................................................................123
6.2.4 STP Port States ......................................................................................124
6.3 Bridge ...............................................................................................................124
6.4 Bridge Port Roles ............................................................................................126
Chapter 7
WAN Screens........................................................................................................ 130
7.1 WAN Overview .................................................................................................130
7.2 Multiple WAN ....................................................................................................130
7.3 Load Balancing Introduction .............................................................................131
7.4 Load Balancing Algorithms ..............................................................................131
7.4.1 Least Load First ......................................................................................131
7.4.1.1 Example 1 .....................................................................................132
7.4.1.2 Example 2 .....................................................................................132
7.4.2 Weighted Round Robin ...........................................................................133
7.4.3 Spillover ..................................................................................................133
7.5 TCP/IP Priority (Metric) ....................................................................................134
7.6 WAN General ...................................................................................................134
7.7 Configuring Load Balancing .............................................................................137
7.7.1 Least Load First ......................................................................................138
7.7.2 Weighted Round Robin ...........................................................................139
7.7.3 Spillover ..................................................................................................139
7.8 WAN Route ......................................................................................................140
7.9 WAN IP Address Assignment ...........................................................................142
7.10 DNS Server Address Assignment ..................................................................142
7.11 WAN MAC Address ........................................................................................143
7.12 WAN ...............................................................................................................143
7.12.1 WAN Ethernet Encapsulation ...............................................................143
7.12.2 PPPoE Encapsulation ...........................................................................146
7.12.3 PPTP Encapsulation .............................................................................150
7.13 Traffic Redirect ...............................................................................................153
7.14 Configuring Traffic Redirect ............................................................................154
7.15 Configuring Dial Backup .................................................................................155
7.16 Advanced Modem Setup ................................................................................159
7.16.1 AT Command Strings ............................................................................159
7.16.2 DTR Signal ...........................................................................................159
7.16.3 Response Strings ..................................................................................159