Draytek Vigor2960 Series User Manual page 288

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Active-Standby
4 . 8 . 5 . 2 H o t - S t a n d b
4 . 8 . 5 . 2 H o t - S t a n d b
The hot-standby mechanism is that each secondary access point will be a backup device for
the primary access point (router). When the primary device fails, one of the rest ones will be
elected as the new master device.
When the Master device fails, one of the slave devices will be chosen as the Master device to
offer the network service for the connected PCs.
Description
position.
Authentication Key – Type a string as the authentication key.
It is used for encrypting the HA session communication to
prevent malicious attack.
WAN Connection Status Detection – Click Enable to make
the router detecting WAN connection status. It is similar to
"LAN Port Detection Mode" but will detect connection status
of all enabled WAN profiles. If connection status of all enabled
WAN profiles are down, the master router hands off its
position.
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