Wanpipe Feature - TxTriState
This feautre allows you to turn off the transmit side of a port while leaving the receive side active. Â The main use for this feature is in hot-spare environments where instant fail-over is required.
Configuration
Operation
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Configuration
The feature is enabled by turning it on in the ports wanpipeX.conf configuration file.  This option should be placed in the global interface section.
FE_TXTRISTATE=NOÂ Â <-feature is disabled during next port startup
FE_TXTRISTATE=YESÂ <-feature is enabled during next port startup, at which point the card will be started in receive mode only
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Operation
Once the port has been started with the feature enabled the transmit side can be toggled on and off using the following commnads.
Enable TX transmit:
wanpipemon -i <interface name> -c Ttxe
-where <interface name> is the name of a interface on the device in question i.e. w1g1, w2g1, w6g16Â
Disable TX transmit:
wanpipemon -i <interface name> -c Ttxd
-where <interface name> is the name of a interface on the device in question i.e. w1g1, w2g1, w6g16Â