Internet Connections
From the Home tab, you can access the Internet page which shows the available Internet connections and their status (connected/disconnected and primary). Active connections have a green icon and disconnected ones show a red icon.
Tap the name to see the connection details:
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Connection type
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Interface name
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IP address
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Duration of the connection
To test the connection's upload/download speed and latency:
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On the Internet Connections page, tap the
icon in the upper right corner.
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Tap Speed Test.
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The display shows the number of megabyes uploading/downloading per second.
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Tap Retry to refresh the results.
You can monitor your device's Internet connection from your mobile device. You must first configure this on the Security Gateway WebUI Home view > Overview section > System page.
To configure connection monitoring:
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In the Security Gateway WebUI, go to Home > System > Internet connections and click Edit.
The Edit Internet Connection window opens.
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In the Connection Monitoring tab, select or clear:
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Automatically detect loss of connectivity to the default gateway. This pings the default Security Gateway to detect if connectivity is lost.
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Monitor connection state by sending probe packets to one or more servers on the Internet. This uses other methods and servers to detect connectivity loss.
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If you selected Monitor connection state, select the connection probing method:
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Probe DNS servers
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Ping addresses
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If you selected Ping addresses, enter the IP address(es).
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Select the settings for:
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Recovery time (seconds)
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Max latency allowed (milliseconds)
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Probing frequency for active connections (seconds)
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Click Apply.
To monitor your Internet connections from WatchTower:
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Tap the connection name.
The Connection Details page opens.
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Tap Probing servers to see the list and details for:
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Packet loss.
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Failures
- Min and Max Latency (seconds).
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Jitter - Irregular time delay in the sending of data packets over a network.
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