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Load Balancing and Failover
Using multiple internet sources / Give priority to your network devices
If you have multiple Internet sources, such as a wired ethernet and an LTE connection, or two
modems, then you will want to be able to manage those sources and direct traffic to them in a
manner that suits you. This is known as
Load Balancing .
Load Balancing is the black box between your network and the Internet. It takes the traffic from
the network, applies the
Rules to it and then sends it to the Internet through the different sources.
It is strictly about directing traffic and does not deal with Internet speeds or bandwidth.
The Rules
We can define any number of rules that are to be applied to the traffic that is passing through the
black box and it will determine if a particular rule applies to that data packet. These rules can
include things like the following.
•
Use the Wi-fi Hotspot unless it is not available and then switch to Modem 1. Switch back to the
Hotspot if it is once again available.
•
All traffic from a particular device on the network should be sent through Modem 2.
•
Split all traffic from the network equally between Modem 1 and Modem 2.
•
Send all traffic to a specific IP Address through the Hotspot and all the rest goes through Modem
1.
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Send all traffic using a specified port through the WAN.