That's an interesting thought...good catch... but yes if the inteface is connected to a modem then only if the link between router and modem goes down the failover will happen.Now even if it is a cable modem, shutting down the fast ethernet port wil...
I concur with what Vijay has said... But just to add to that... DHCP uses udp port 67 and 68. In a typical scenario. When a system starts up on a network it must first request an IP address (assume it is not using a static IP address), and it does th...
Static route failover works as long as the link you are failing for is the one directly connected to the router.Router (interface e) -------Link-------(interface f)ProviderIf the above is the setup and interface e is on our router and interface f is ...
Just to add on to what Jon has said....Let us say that you have a webserver W on the inside.W-------Router----(internet)When anybody in the internet is connecting to the webserver W, they would need to use a destination port of 80(http) or 443(https)...
