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Multiple WANs what they can and cannot do.

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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    ZGamer
    last edited by Dec 2, 2005, 6:13 PM

    I am posting this as I have more than a couple of times people are mistaken as to what multiple wan interfaces can and cannot do.

    They can provide:
    -Use for your internet connection to be able to hold more users
    -Failover Redundancy….if one link dies the other can take over the load (still buggy from what I hear)

    They cannot provide:
    -Faster speeds, I guess this idea is spawn from shot-gunning dial-up lines years ago where you could take multiple modems and connect to the same ISP pooling the connections together forming lines which could download/upload at ISDN/DSL speeds.

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      Aussie_Bear
      last edited by Dec 4, 2005, 2:33 AM

      This is specific to pfSense's policy routing approach.
      (As discussed in Dan's Tutorial, see tutorial section)

      Can's or Benefits

      • Manually assign which service/server or PC goes to which ISP.
      • Manual failover. (As in if one ISP fails, you manually re-assign your LAN PCs)
      • Consolidate multiple routers into one box. (Save space and electricity)
      • Manually distribute the users on the LAN side to available WANs.
      • Simpler to implement in complex situations (especially with VPN connections, etc).

      Cannot or Disadvantages

      • See ZGamer's comment.
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