How does a client changes from provider to consumer when provider is down

[Kaveh Ehsani <kee2006@med.cornell.edu>]

I have setup a provider/replicator(consumer) with a client and all functioning well. Except when I switch off the provider, the client does not read from the consumer. Of course I have not told the client to do so any where, not sure where to do this. I can set it up manually but there has to be a way for a switch to take place automatically. Thanks, for all the feedbacks.