Load balancing routers and wifi

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Kosmik

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I was thinking of purchasing one of these

https://www.pcshopper.co.za/network...MI0Ivt_IC_3AIVa7HtCh1N6AxEEAQYASABEgJaMfD_BwE

to load balance between two B315 LTE routers. The load balancing is really policy based balancing where the balancer will switch traffic from one router to the other based on time of day.

So From the TPlink software the above is easily possible and I assume that any wired connections would configure the load balancer as the gateway. My question is for the wifi as I use one of the B315s to service wifi in my home but I assume that any wifi dhcp give out, will set that b315 as the default gateway to the client device. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to configure the b315 to allow wifi clients to connect, give them ips but still force them to use the load balancer as the default gateway?
 
You can also skip the extra router if you want by just using the existing routers.

Run a cron like service to execute a script to change the connection mode of router 2 as per picture below.

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Kosmik said:
I was thinking of purchasing one of these

https://www.pcshopper.co.za/network...MI0Ivt_IC_3AIVa7HtCh1N6AxEEAQYASABEgJaMfD_BwE

to load balance between two B315 LTE routers. The load balancing is really policy based balancing where the balancer will switch traffic from one router to the other based on time of day.

So From the TPlink software the above is easily possible and I assume that any wired connections would configure the load balancer as the gateway. My question is for the wifi as I use one of the B315s to service wifi in my home but I assume that any wifi dhcp give out, will set that b315 as the default gateway to the client device. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to configure the b315 to allow wifi clients to connect, give them ips but still force them to use the load balancer as the default gateway?
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At least from personal experience on RAIN b315 routers a year ago,they didn't behave well in passing through DHCP if they didn't provide it themselves

IMO
Switch off their WIFI
Put your 2 routers behind a load balancing device,provide WIFI through this load balancer (or any other WAP connected to it),keep the B315 routers in their own little DMZ
 
PsyWulf said:
At least from personal experience on RAIN b315 routers a year ago,they didn't behave well in passing through DHCP if they didn't provide it themselves

IMO
Switch off their WIFI
Put your 2 routers behind a load balancing device,provide WIFI through this load balancer (or any other WAP connected to it),keep the B315 routers in their own little DMZ
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Yah, what I was thinking but this device doesn't provide the wifi.

For the other replies, wired connections and balancing the routers aren't an issue, the Tp-link device can do it fine. It's the wifi thats my biggest boggle. I was originally going to do the scripted network gateway route on my pcs and server ie: update route table at certain times of the day to switch to whichever router but was wanting a single point rather which is where I thought the load balancer could fit in. If I didn't have the extra router it would probably be cheaper to by the multi sim Lte devices @ R4k a pop but I like the idea of a load balancer thats independant because later I can use fibre but allow large downloads on another connection.
 
Hmmm, I actually think I'm being stupid on this one, I see the load balancer can be setup as a DHCP server so I can just set the two routers as passthrough. I did similar with one router to my extender.
 
Can anyone with an Edgerouter confirm if it is possible to switch between two WANs / ISPs according to a time based rule?
 
ThatOtherDude said:
for cheap(ish) devices such as this one that offer seemingly "enhanced" networking features, I always enjoy reading the Amazon.com reviews to see what people think

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Safe...iewpnt_rgt?filterByStar=critical&pageNumber=1


I'd go with an Edge router.
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The Edgerouter is definitely better, and marginally more expensive, but I'm not sure it can do time-based switching? It's been confirmed that the TP-link does, so I'm trying to establish if the Edgerouter can.
 
Speedster said:
Can anyone with an Edgerouter confirm if it is possible to switch between two WANs / ISPs according to a time based rule?
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Mikrotik Routerboards can - you should have a look at those too.
Also, Sonicwalls - May be a bit pricey but they support extremely easy interface load balancing with various rules allowed including time based (day of week, hours etc).
 
I had this same setup - 2 x b315 + tp link - works great.
 
Kosmik said:
I was thinking of purchasing one of these

https://www.pcshopper.co.za/network...MI0Ivt_IC_3AIVa7HtCh1N6AxEEAQYASABEgJaMfD_BwE

to load balance between two B315 LTE routers. The load balancing is really policy based balancing where the balancer will switch traffic from one router to the other based on time of day.

So From the TPlink software the above is easily possible and I assume that any wired connections would configure the load balancer as the gateway. My question is for the wifi as I use one of the B315s to service wifi in my home but I assume that any wifi dhcp give out, will set that b315 as the default gateway to the client device. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to configure the b315 to allow wifi clients to connect, give them ips but still force them to use the load balancer as the default gateway?
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https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...e-with-b315-lte-routers.975489/#post-22163601
 
quovadis said:
Mikrotik Routerboards can - you should have a look at those too.
Also, Sonicwalls - May be a bit pricey but they support extremely easy interface load balancing with various rules allowed including time based (day of week, hours etc).
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It's a pretty decent price jump to the Mikrotik range
 
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Speedster said:
Could you suggest an appropriate one. I am not familiar with their product range at all
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Any of the HAP or Desktop router would do -just make sure you have a look at number of ports and speed and the wireless capabilities.

They’re very powerful but configuring will require some basic networking knowledge but there are plenty of resources online with tutorials on doing whatever you need. Most is configurable via a web interface but also via a Linux-like ssh / telnet.
 
Speedster said:
Could you suggest an appropriate one. I am not familiar with their product range at all
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Just about all their devices can be used for anything,it's more about what hardware you want/need backing it re Wireless,CPUs,network ports etc
 
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