I have a Peplink MAX BR2 and using SpeedFusion Connect for some clients in my network based on the source MAC address.
However, now the SpeedFusion is always used for these clients, no matter if only two cellular data connections are available or a tethered WAN connection is present.
How can I make it use SpeedFusion only if there is no tethered WAN connection available, and bypass it if there is one?
Essentially, on cellular data, SpeedFusion helps make our connectivity more stable, but on tethered WAN, we want to save our SpeedFusion balance and our tethered WAN is also much faster than what SpeedFusion provides there.
Create a group and add the MAC addresses of your devices.
Create an outbound policy rule like this:
Source = MAC Address Group
Destination = Any
Protocol = Any
Algorithm = Priority
Set the connection priority as your WAN in the first position, then SFC profile in second.
Consider ticking the “terminate sessions on link recovery” if you want to force devices back to the WAN if it were to go down and sessions end up on the SFC profile.
If you are not using Ic2 to manage this then you can use a similar outbound policy setup, but you need to make a rule to match each specific device MAC as grouped MACs and networks are only configurable in Ic2 for outbound policies not directly on the Peplink (I’ve no idea why this limitation exists, but it does).
No, if you’re managing the Peplink directly you’d need to make discrete outbound policies to match each devices MAC address.
In the Peplink interface go to Advanced > Outbound Policy and there you can add a rule that is like the one in the custom rule picture I posted.
Outbound rules are processed top to bottom, down the list. The first rule that traffic matches is what applies so you may need to consider the order of the rules.
If in doubt post a screenshot of what you have configured at the moment and we can probably figure out a solution.
