Disconnected Mode – Reduce Conductor traffic from Airwall Agents and Servers
Reduce the traffic from Airwall Agents and Servers connecting to your Conductor by setting up disconnected mode. In disconnected mode, Airwall Agents and Servers connect to your Conductor at intervals – between 10 minutes and 12 hours (720 minutes) – to get updates when people are not actively using the connection.
By reducing the traffic on your Conductor,
disconnected mode allows you to improve performance and scalability of your Airwall secure network.
Note: People using Airwall Agents and Servers can
manually sync to the Conductor
when in Disconnected mode.
- Open the page for the Airwall Agent or Server that you want to enable disconnected mode for.
- Select Edit Settings.
- Under Advanced settings, scroll down to the bottom and check Enable disconnected mode.
- Enter the time interval for the Airwall Agent or Server to reconnect to the Conductor.
- Select Update Settings.
Note: In Disconnected mode, an Airwall Agent or Server:
- Can still connect to resources on your Airwall secure network.
- Gets policy and firmware updates the next time they connect.
- Do not publish underlay IP updates or status (health data, traffic stats, port status).
Note: Certain changes (such as underlay IP changes) can cause a
disconnected Airwall Agent or Server to not be
able to reach resources on your Airwall secure network. If this happens, the person using the Airwall Agent or Server can get
the changes and reestablish their connection by either selecting Sync
Now on their Airwall Agent or
using the
conductor sync
Airshell command on their
Airwall Server.
For more information on Airshell for the Linux
Airwall Server,
see Sync an Airwall Agent or Server in Disconnected Mode.