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    MultiWAN tier setup (different speeds)

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      costasppc last edited by

      hello,

      In a client, we have 3 WANS, 2 VDSL x50 Mbps (5 upload) and one ADSL ~18 Mbps. The client had a TP-Link Load Balancer before pfsense, and he was using speedtest.net app to check the combined speed. With the old lb he had 100+ Mbps download and 10 upload, all the time.
      Using pfsense  in an APU.1D4 - 4GB, msata along with a Ubiquiti ES-48-Lite EdgeSwitch (2 WANs setup as VLAN in OPT port), he gets around 75/8 (with all WANs grouped as tier 1). Using the fast WANs only as tier 1 he gets less all the time (60-65).

      Is there a way to set the tiers to achieve all the speed of the 3 WANs (at least at speedtest, even though I know you will say its not accurate enough).

      Best regards

      Kostas

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        gmelis last edited by

        Run a tcpdump and check if all the wans are actually used.

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          costasppc last edited by

          Thank you,

          No need, they are used, I can see it in the Dashboard. Also, the change is visible when you put the 3rd WAN along with the others.

          Best regards

          Kostas

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          • ptt
            ptt Rebel Alliance last edited by

            With different WAN speeds you use "Weight"  to "distribute" the traffic according to each WAN speed, not "Tier" ;)

            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN#Weight

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              costasppc last edited by

              Correct, thank you very much!

              Based on the document and other search, I see examples only for 2 uneven WANs.
              In my case, since the lowest WAN is almost 1/3 of the 2 faster WANs, how is propose to set them?

              Best regards

              Kostas

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              • ptt
                ptt Rebel Alliance last edited by

                Mmmm… try  3,3,1 or 5,5,2 ???

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                  costasppc last edited by

                  Thank you!

                  Will try and get back.

                  Best regards

                  Kostas

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                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                    You have 118 Mbps total. The 18M circuit is 15.2% of that. I would try a weight of 3 on each of the 50M circuits and a weight of 1 on the 18M circuit. That should put 1 state out of every 7 (14.2%) on the 18M circuit.

                    It is going to be pretty rare to get a speed test site to show you an aggregate of all the circuits on a load-balanced group. It just doesn't work that way. iperf3 with something like -P14 might get you closer.

                    Load Balancing works really well with lots of users and lots of states coupled with realistic expectations.

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                      costasppc last edited by

                      Thank you,

                      I will try the suggestions.

                      Best regards

                      Kostas

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                        gmelis last edited by

                        Out of curiosity, for all I know the APU has three interfaces. Does that mean your LAN connection is wireless?

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                          costasppc last edited by

                          Please read the topic  ;), I am using one interface with VLANs in order to have 2 WANs from one physical.

                          Best regards

                          Kostas

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