High Availability
Dlink DRO-220i User Guide
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With multiple Internet connections, Load Balancing effectively uses the combined
bandwidth of all the internet links resulting in a significant increase in the total available
bandwidth. Also if any Internet connection goes down, uninterrupted internet
connectivity is assured utilizing the serviceable links.
Based on the speed of the WAN link, the administrator can configure an appropriate
percentage of internet traffic to be routed through each of the WAN Links.
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Note:
The priority of route lookups is in the following order:
a)
Policy Based Routing (PBR) routes
b)
Static/Dynamic routes
c)
Load Balancing routes
Select
Interface
→
LoadBalancing
to configure the
Load Balancing Configuration
as
explained below.
Load Balancing Configuration
Load Balancing
Select to enable the load-balancing feature.
Interface
WAN interfaces between which the load must be shared.
Status
Enable/Disable load-balancing on this interface.
Weight
Percentage of the load to be sent through this interface. The sum of the
weights in all enabled interfaces should be equal to 100.
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Caution:
Load Balancing feature will not function as desired if default routes are
added via Static Routing, since static routes will be given higher preference.
5.3
Ethernet Link Detection
In case of Ethernet WAN Connectivity (Static and Dynamic Modes) there is no specific
control protocol to detect the link status.
Ethernet WAN Link Detection
Feature in the
router enables you to detect link failures through periodic transmission of ICMP/ARP
messages.
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Note:
When
using Static/Dynamic mode of WAN Interfaces, it is imperative to enable
Ethernet Link Detection for proper functionality of Load Balancing and Auto Backup
features.
Select
Interface
→
WAN3
and choose
IP Setting Mode
as
Static
or
Dynamic
. Click on
Detect Link Status
to configure the
Ethernet WAN Link Detection
as explained
below.
Web UI