Peplink MAX BR1 Pro 5G - bonding 4 ISPs

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Hi!
I am in a remote location with multiple ISPs but their connectivity has packet loss and jitter issues. I have a switch on which all the 3 ISPs terminate. We also have 5G connectivity but again the same issue of packet loss and jitter is there. I am considering using a BR1 Pro 5G to bond the 3 ISPs and 1 5G together and achieve buffering free video live-streaming. BR1 Pro 5G advertises only 1 WAN link and 1 5G modem. Does that mean it can bond only 2 ISP links? If I connect this WAN port to a switch and the BR1 is able to reach all the 3 ISPs though that, is it possible to bond the 3 of them and the 5G link together?

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Ambrish

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you might want to read up on speedfusion smoothing, forward error correction, and speedfusion bonding. smoothing should help. not all devices support bonding or bonding comes at an extra cost.

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Peplink devices need named WAN interfaces. They come with physical WAN interfaces and then you can use virtual WANs to add more with VLANs (via a switch like you suggest).

A BR1 Pro comes with, 4 WANs, Cellular, Wired and 2 x WiFI (2.4 and 5Ghz) WANs. Then as its a primecare device (annual license first year free) it also has a single included virtual WAN (WAN via VLAN). To give a total of 5 supported WAN connections.

That virtual WAN is part of the primecare license and primecare needs renewal from year 2 to maintain it along with management via IC2, hardware warranty, and SpeedFusion Licensing.

You can also buy up to two more vWAN licenses (one time cost) to bring the WAN count to 7 for the BR1 Pro 5G.

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Fairly simple. You need the BR1 Pro 5G, and a 2x vWAN license. On your switch, the first ISP.wjll be untagged, then add a VLAN tag to each of the other 2. It’ll be able to read all 3 wired ISP’s through the single WAN port. Then add your 5G through that interface. Makes a nice clean install. Then just read up on speedfusion to be sure you are using it properly and you’ll. Be good to go.

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Thanks for the clarity. Also, is it possible to buy 2 BR1-5G devices and use them in a redundant configuration using VRRP?

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Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: See the documentation on the High Availability functionality, in the manual and at High Availability

Cheers,

Z