Is this stupid?
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It is not the right way to do things…..
With loadbalancing on the Pfsense, i bet you would see better performance overall, than you see now on VPN.
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What is wrong about it? The fact that and going back over to the WAN?
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Folks I must also mention that the output of the LBR gives me an external IP and it's a true bonded solution, meaning that when it flips back to the WAN side of pfsense, it is pretty much a real WAN connection.
Another solution would be to use 2 pfsense routers (So the output of the LBR goes into a 2nd pfsense's WAN port) but isn't that a waste?
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Single point of failure…. You havent got a clue, whether it is the pfsense or the LBR that is the problem.
If you run a loadbalancing setup instead of this, it would be alot quicker to determine errors and correct them, than having 2 routers infront of eachother. Being the frontend that you have no control of whatsoever.
What is wrong about it? The fact that and going back over to the WAN?
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Hi Supermule, I've updated the image in the link to provide more info.
I agree with your theory about the single point of failure.
However, given my current setup, I don't really think that's an issue (Actually it improves things slightly, as the LBR will continue to work with only one link connected to it).
Does the details in the updated image help at all?
Thanks
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No not really…..
Does the LBR support QoS and can you configure it?? And does your ISP configure QoS on your external IP?
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Unfortunately not. I have asked both these questions to them and the answer has been no.
Incidently, DSL1 and DSL2 are coming from different ISPs
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Oh and just to make clear, that there will be no QoS on WAN2 of pfsense.
The QoS issue is between the hosts that use only WAN1 and what the LBR steals from WAN1.
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Then if they do not support it, your QoS will only work to the WAN side of the PfSense…. No further...
If the LBR handles two different ISP, it will not be able to bond the two connections into one high speed connection. It will just do loadbalancing for you...(I believe), because your ISP should support bonding, and if it is two different isp's, then I would not think it does. Get rid of it....ASAP! Loadbalance with pfsense and route your VOIP over one DSL and rest of traffic over the other....
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Supermule,
Thanks for your help but what you have said is incorrect with regards to the LBR. You're thinking of MLPPP bonding.
The LBR is provided by a 3rd party company that has developed special software. Their software allows the LBR to connect over 2 different ISPs, then create a virtual tunnel with twice the bandwidth. I've read reviews online and people are saying that in speedtests they are getting 1.5x - 2x the bandwidth.
I'll PM you the link to their website. I don't want to put the link here incase it gets flagged as spam..
Thanks
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Oh and you're correct about the QoS thing. It's mainly upload bandwidth that I'm concerned about (As it's so little)
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Sounds like Xrio but the website does state that their appliances can actually do some form of policy based routing.
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Sounds like Xrio but the website does state that their appliances can actually do some form of policy based routing.
it's not xrio but very similar to them