<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Load balancing 2 WANs (Sat and DSL) based on protocol and interface speed]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Dear all,</p>
<p dir="auto">I am writing a howto for the Tooway community, internet broadband access by satellite.</p>
<p dir="auto">This is a tutorial for pfSense end-users willing to a firewall with Two WANs:<br />
WAN1 is satellite and WAN2 is DSL.</p>
<p dir="auto">In my case:</p>
<ul>
<li>Satellite: down 8Mb/s, up 1,5 Mb/s, ping 800 ms</li>
<li>DSL: down 1Mb/s, up 128Kb/s, ping 30 ms</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Satellite can go down easily, especially in case of heavy rain.</p>
<p dir="auto">Normally, we should say satellite is the first connection and DSL is the backup,<br />
but this is not exactly the case, for these reasons:</p>
<p dir="auto">Satellite usage (at least Tooway) has a 50:1 ratio usage.<br />
The bandwidth is shared by 50 users with priority to lowers users.<br />
i.e. if you use satellite more than 50:1 ratio your bandwidth degrades.</p>
<p dir="auto">We don't know exactly the rules degrading Sat bandwidth.<br />
It could be usage over a 15 minutes period as well as download/upload volume.</p>
<p dir="auto">So I would like to prioritise traffic based on:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p dir="auto">protocol<br />
Use DSL for basic needs (ntp, dns) and use load balancing for the rest.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">speed<br />
The ideal solution would be to load balance with a priority to DSL when traffic is low (i.e. downloading requires less than 1Mb/s) and use satellite for the rest.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">After reading the docs about "trains", I understand this is not perfectly possible.<br />
So is there a "smart" feature in pfsense to load balance from one connection to another based on WAN maximum speed.</p>
<p dir="auto">For example say :<br />
"WAN1" has a max downloading speed of 1Mb/s,<br />
"WAN1" has a max downloading speed of 10Mb/s,<br />
Use WAN2 whenever dowloading speed is more than 0,5 M/s?</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/44517/load-balancing-2-wans-sat-and-dsl-based-on-protocol-and-interface-speed</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:47:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.netgate.com/topic/44517.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:24:17 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Load balancing 2 WANs (Sat and DSL) based on protocol and interface speed on Tue, 01 May 2012 16:13:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I had a first try and pfSense reports a warning on satellite latency, which is normal.</p>
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