Can we force a website to run on a specif connection?

[joeyazar]

Hi There,
Is it possible to route a website through one connection only?
for example if i need to allow YouTube to be streamed on 1 connection only, can i configure the peplink that everytime someone open up youtube he will switch to that specify connection?

Thank you.

[dennis.hofheinz]

Hi Joeyazar,

you can create an outbound roule (enforced) to a specific domain.

For more details have a look at this

Understanding and Configuring Outbound Policy

Outbound Policy allows you to define how your LAN-to-Internet traffic gets routed out via a number of rule/algorithm options. Each deployment is unique and Peplink’s flexible and easy to use UI allows you to setup options quickly. InControl 2 (as of latest firmware) enables another option to manage Outbound Policy. Easily define your rules under Network > Outbound Policy: Make sure that Outbound Policy at the top is set to Custom [Untitled%20drawing] [image] The following types of Outboun…

Regards
Dennis

[joeyazar]

Dear Dennis,

Thank your reply, but i’m trying the following without success:

Am I doing something wrong?
Regards,
Joey

[dennis.hofheinz]

Hi Joey,
I would test it without “www.”

The rest looks correct, but I don’t know if youtube is using other domain names as well.

I found this in the forum

Balance 20 Outbound Policy not working

Do allow me to clarify questions below with you. Who is the DNS server for the LAN clients? Do you confirm fe-1d29-2b.coredial.com is the only domain when customer is accessing the website? For example, when you browse www.youtube.com. There is other domains (Ytimg.com, Ytimg.l.google.com, Youtube.l.google.com, Googlevideo.com and i.google.com) are running back-end without your knowledge. Due to this, an Enforced rule with domain youtube.com only will not work. You may need to check with …

Regards
Dennis