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How do i monitor failover connections on a firewall?

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I have two internet providers. The firewall is configured in fail over mode which only allows for one connection to be operational at a time. I would like to have a red light/green light for internet connectivity and still track up/down times on both providers. Ideally i would like to see the following.

  • Primary up / secondary down = Good
  • Secondary up / Primary down = Good
  • Both Primary and secondary down = Bad

in addition i would like to reverse the logic of the secondary connection to receive a notification if it is online. I will get an alert if the primary goes down and would like confirmation that the secondary has come up.

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Created on Jan 30, 2012 6:56:38 PM

Last change on Nov 9, 2015 1:30:56 PM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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hallo,

create sensors for all lines and then take a look at the Define Sensor Status—status() Function

of the sensor factory sensor.

https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg9/sensor_factory_sensor.htm

Created on Jan 31, 2012 1:15:57 PM by Aurelio Lombardi [Paessler Support]



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Please refer to the following article for details about monitoring failover internet links:

Best Regards,

Created on Nov 11, 2015 12:09:15 PM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]




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