I have a metered satellite connection for my primary on WAN1. I run over the allowed amount every month, and would like to have the 4G connection to only fill in if WAN1 is slower than X speed. When I run over the allowed sat data it slows down, but stays connected, so I don’t think it will trip the failover function. Correct me if I’m wrong.
I tried to make an outbound rule, but “USB internet” is not an available option for the Overflow algorithm.
Thanks for the help.
-Aaron
Hello aagarmon,
I would recommend enabling Bandwidth Monitoring under the WAN Settings for the WAN that’s using the satellite connection. You’ll need to enable the setting first. After that you can have the WAN force a disconnection, set a monthly data limit, and have an email notification sent to you letting you know that you’ve hit the established monthly limit. After you’ve got everything setup make sure that you scroll to the bottom of this page and click the Save and Apply button.
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Thanks for the reply.
The only issue with this solution, is that once WAN 1 has reached it’s limit and is disconnected, we will go through the 4G data in about 2 days or less, then it slows down too.
Is there a way to use WAN1 for the first 150GB of use, then trigger a load balance between WAN1 and USB internet?
Or is there a way to use USB internet for the Overflow algorithm? I would think this would naturally send more traffic to the 4G connection once the Sat on WAN1 slows down. This would also help in heavy weather when the Sat connection slows down.
Thanks for the help.
At this time we do not have support for this type of logic.
I’m reaching out to our engineering team to see why this option is not listed for the Overflow algorithm.
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The Overflow rule doesn’t allow for the cellular connection because the bandwidth is dynamic so we don’t know when to trigger an overflow.
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