System Management
Setting Up Dual WAN and Multi-WAN Connections
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You can configure up to seven Internet connections by using the two Internet ports
and the five dual-function ports. You can choose one of the following modes to
manage your WAN connections:
•
Intelligent Balancer (Auto Mode):
Select this option to balance traffic
between all interfaces to increase the available bandwidth. The router
balances the traffic between the interfaces in a weighted round robin
fashion.
•
IP Group (By Users):
Select this option to group traffic on each WAN
interface by priority levels or classes of service (CoS). With this feature, you
can ensure bandwidth and higher priority for the specified services and
users. All traffic that is not added to the IP Group uses Intelligent Balancer
mode. To specify the services and users, click the
Edit
icon for the WAN
interface and then add protocol binding entries for each service, IP address,
or range of IP addresses.
NOTE:
The Router reserves at least one WAN port for non-IP Group users,
so WAN1 will always be set to Intelligent Balancer (Auto Mode). Protocol
binding is not available for WAN1.