Example of Creating a New X1500 Socket Site
This article is a sample procedure that explains how to create a new site with an X1500 Socket. After you configure the settings for the new site, you can then assign the Cato Socket to it.
This sample deployment uses WAN2 for a secondary connection to a different ISP.
To add a new Socket site to your account:
From the navigation menu, click Network > Sites.
Click New. The Add Site panel opens.
Enter the Site Name and for Type select Branch.
Set the Connection Type to Socket X1500.
Configure the Country, State, Time Zone, and City to set the time frame for the Maintenance Window for Socket upgrades.
Select Enable WAN2 to configure a link for the secondary ISP connection.
Configure the WAN1 Bandwidth and WAN2 Bandwidth to 200 Mbps for Downstream and 200 Mbps for Upstream.
Configure the WAN2 Bandwidth and WAN2 Bandwidth to 100 Mbps for Downstream and 100 Mbps for Upstream.
Configure the Native Range for the internal LAN to 192.2.2.0/24.
Click OK.
The new site is added to the account.
Open the notification area
(in the upper-right menu bar), and expand the Activate New Socket message.
Click Accept. Select the site that the Socket is assigned to.
To see the settings for the WAN1 and WAN2 connections, from the navigation menu click Site Configuration > Socket.
Below is an example of the Socket screen for the X1500 Socket High Availability configuration:
