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Route sentry

Route sentry allows you to use two DSL accounts on the same PC at the same time.
The one account will use international bandwidth and the other using local bandwidth.
Route sentry will direct local traffic through the local account and international traffic
through the international account. Route sentry will automatically reconnect ones your
router drops a connection whether your IP change or not.




Setting up your ADSL connections

Note: You will need to set your router to bridge mode before using this program.
You will then need a dial up connection instead of the routed connection.
"Automatic reconnect" needs to be disable this may prevent the program from working.

Configuring Route Sentry

1 Route Sentry Enabled.
You can deselect this to disable Route Sentry.

2 Local Connection.
The connection to be used for local access.

3 Automatically reconnect local connection.
If selected Route Sentry will automatically attempt to reconnect if the connection is dropped.
It will also cause it to automatically connect when Route Sentry attempts to start up if the connection
is not currently connected.

4 Disconnect Local or Connect Local.
This allows you to connect or disconnect the local connection.

5 International Connection to use.
The connection will be using international bandwidth.

6 Automatically reconnect international connection when disconnected.
Route Sentry will automatically attempt to reconnect if the connection is dropped. It will also cause it
to automatically connect when Route Sentry starts up if the connection is not currently connected.

7 Disconnect International or Connect International.
This allows you to either connect or disconnect the international connection.

8 Automatically set up routes when both connections connected.
When setup it setup IP routing table to route traffic through the appropriate connection when both
connections are connected.

9 Set up Routes Now.
When setup Routing table to be updated immediately.
Both connections must be active for this to work.





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Article Number: 216
Views: 5796
Created By: Werner Debba
Date Created: 29/04/2008
Last reviewed by: Farrah Abdurahman
Last updated: 15/04/2009


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