Help - Can we use 2 WANs from same provider - Balance 305

[jdhurd]

We have two fixed wireless links coming to one location. Both are from the same ISP. Can we use the balance 305 to provide good fail-over?

The provider has multiple subnets available.

Thanks.

[Zach_Tangen]

Hello jdhurd,

Both WAN connections should be fine on the same subnet. You just want to make sure the LAN is on a different subnet.

[jdhurd]

Do you know the time to failover using the balance 305?

Thanks.

[sitloongs]

Times for WAN fail-over is depending on the WAN health check settings defined. Detail info please refer to knowledge-base link below:

Health Check Mechanisms Against Link Failure

The objective of this article is to explain how the different health check methods work, and how to configure them. Health Checks are used to detect the Internet link’s logical connectivity. Without health checks, ISP routing issues may not be detected, thus failover may not perform smoothly. Health Check Methods: PING: The router will send a ICMP/PING packet to the specified IP address (or host name) to test WAN connectivity. DNS Lookup: The router will perform a DNS lookup to the specified…