Load Balancing (slow and fast connections) Question
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We currently have two internet connections connected to pfsense. The WAN is PPPoE while the much slower Internet connection OPT1 is DHCP. Do we need a faster Internet connection for the OPT1. Will a faster internet connection than the WAN connection be better?
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On 2.0 you can edit the gateways and weight them appropriately based on how fast they are. For instance, my cable is about three times faster than my DSL, so I have my Cable set to a weight of 3, and DSL to 1.
If you are on 1.2.3 there is a trick you can do the same way, just add your faster connection to the LB pool multiple times and that will use it that much more often. So in my example above, I'd add my Cable to the LB pool three times.
In both cases, out of every four connections I make, three go over Cable, one over DSL.
