If I have a Starlink connection and 4G/5G backup connection and there seems to be no way to control the expense incurred on connections.
Starlink is unlimited data and fast whereas my roaming 4G/5G is reasonably fast but very expensive data. Surely there must be a way to apply a bandwidth constraint on a backup connection when the main connection (Starlink) occasionally fails to prevent significant cost on 4G as a backup connection? Users don’t know a failover has occurred.
I’m familiar with all the bandwidth control section but it all relates to applications and QoS and load balancing, nothing to do with applying a throttle to all traffic passing on a specific connection. Unless there is a hidden menu under one of those help screens somewhere ?
I’d suggest that slowing (throttling) traffic may not be what you want to do. Rather, use Outbound Policy to determine what traffic goes where. It’s a very powerful tool.
No. Look at the various algorithms available. Balancing is only one of several, and probably not the most useful in your situation. You could, for example, say:
The TV in the bedroom used for steaming can only use Starlink, but the TV in the living room will use Starlink and only use cellular if Starlink is interrupted
Steve’s phone will use Starlink first and if it fails then use cellular
The SIP phone uses the SpeedFusion Connect Protect [quite a “mouthful”] tunnel when available and when not uses Starlink, then cellular (having previously established such a tunnel for WAN smoothing)
All devices on the guest LAN segment (VLAN) may only use Starlink.
What I am suggesting is Peplink has provides excellent features to manage traffic – not just slow it down.
I totally understand what you are saying, and those features are indeed very useful.
However, the problem I initially reported remains. A very fast 5G connection that is very expensive while roaming can rack up cost very quickly. You can’t have it as a backup connection even for phones, as phones see WiFi and start uploading/downloading at full speed over it.
You can build all the fancy rules you like, but if you cant throttle the connection you are exposing yourself to very high costs - hence why I posted this in feature requests. Not that I expect it to be implemented, Peplink themselves make money on your burning through SFC 5G data!