5 static IP, multiple dynamic IP and 4 links with the same ISP
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I have 5 modems:
40/20 with 5 static IP
100/10 with 1 dynamic
100/10 with 1 dynamic
100/10 with 1 dynamic
100/10 with 1 dynamicTotal is 5 lines with a combined total of 440/60, this is where I want to go.
If I was to load balance these connections, would clients connecting from outside the office using VPN benefit from the increased speed? Its my understanding that it is not possible to balance the upload since client connections are by IP, and since there are 5, it would bound to only one specific IP, but I could be completely wrong.
I do have the ability, since this is the same ISP for all the lines, to use the static IPS across all 5 lines and use the gateway that they provide allowing me to do away with the dynamic IPs they provide and just have a single static IP bound to each connection.
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Load balancing on pfSense is always connection-based. Even if you have the VPN server bound to all WANs, clients connecting in would only use one particular WAN at a time.
Also each WAN must have a unique subnet and gateway to function properly with pfSense for Multi-WAN.
