Currently using a Balance 210 with SpeedFusion setup to a FusionHub Solo with WAN1 priority 1 and WAN2 priority 2.
So if WAN1 goes down, speedfusion traffic goes to WAN2 and my IP stays the same and connection stay online.
Looking at getting a bit faster throughput - wondering, do I need the optional expensive speedfusion add-on for the Balance Two router to achieve what I’m getting now with a smooth Speefusion VPN failover from WAN1 to WAN2 if WAN1 goes offline?
Would the speefusion add-on license for the Balance Two give me any benefits in this particular scenario right now?
{corrected:} It seems to be required, cfr. the reading of the comparison table by @aquablue (and I’ll be a tad more careful with my opining in the future).
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Would the speefusion add-on license for the Balance Two give me any benefits in this particular scenario right now?[/quote]
For a quick comparison, go to model comparison
If your Balance 210 is an earlier hardware revision then your throughput may be substantially lower.
Since there are three slots in the table, I added one column with Balance 20X. It provides close to the Balance Two w.r.t. general throughput (900Mbps v. 1 Gbps), would provide you with two WAN ports (with FW 8.3 and the virtual WAN feature), but is substantially slower for SpeedFusion throughput. Hence out of the running, if the latter is your priority.
Cheers,
Z
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Sorry for being dense here, but with Speedfusion currently set to Bonding, but WAN1 set to priority 1 and wan2 set to priority 2, am I currently using “SpeedFusion Hot Failover” or is that something different?
I was using the Balance to bond two wan links together, but my current connection is reliable enough that under speedfusion I simply set wan 2 to priority 2 (since it’s higher latency) - I left speedfusion set to bonding but there is only one priority 1 wan; now if there is a rare outage, I see pings drop for a couple seconds but not long enough to disconnect anything so it’s fine and I don’t need anything more, but I’m not clear if this setup would require the “Speedfusion hot Failover” option?
I ask because on the Balance Two, under the comparison table, features, the Balance Two lists SpeedFusion Hot Failover: Yes @
Under remarks, the @ says “@, SpeedFusion Bonding license
Balance Two, BPL-TWO-LC-SF. SpeedFusion Bonding License Key”
Without that extra speedfusion license on the Balance Two, can I still set the Speedfusion VPN (PepVPN) connection to have wan 1 priority 1 and wan2 priority 2 and switch in x-seconds if one is down? Would that break a remote connection on the Balance Two different than what I have now?
I am clearly incorrect (and hence the dense one).
I’ll edit my answer, with apologies.
z.
No, and sorry for being long winded, I just wasn’t sure.
I’ve been thinking of getting a Balance Two for a while, but go back and forth based on the SpeedFusion extra license for it which is around $699 or $999 depending on source, nearly doubling the cost.
I wonder if without the speedfusion license if PepVPN would still allow a failover to second wan, but a cold failover that would take ~15 seconds to setup a new speedfusion vpn tunnel?
[Carefully avoiding stepping into it again:]
I’d recommend a call to your local, friendly Peplink partner. I have found them very helpful.
Cheers,
Z
Thanks very much for the replies.
It wasn’t clear to me until I read the notes on the comparison table that you provided again. Actually I’m still not 100% clear, but I think that’s the way it is.
I’m tempted by the Balance Two, but kind of hoping a new model comes out as well somewhere below the 310x.
I thought the Balance two includes failover and smoothing but you need to pay for bonding? at least i hope that is the case…
According to the feature table (see above) the B20X does all three as long as it is under PrimeCare (which I highly recommend, btw., $49/year is a good deal for a continued warranty and all the goodies).
Cheerz,
Z
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