Dual WAN Setup with TP Link Omada - That was easy...

[@jomhdz]

Great info, I just bought a TP-Link Omada TLR605 router planning on using the dual WAN set up, this helps me a lot to configure it. Thank you.👍

[@hawkair8954]

FYI you can select Custom from the Online Detection Interval dropdown and enter an interval in seconds 1-3600.

[@RaidOwl]

Yep, that’s convenient now

[@still_rokn_da_pager]

It’s always been there…

[@ThisIsTeslaTrippin]

Very informative! Would love to see a video on setting up multiple APs in Omada and configure them for same SSID for mesh & seamless roaming.

[@elrich21ph]

Up

[@gautamkrishnar]

The policy routing bit was so damn helpful thanks.

[@Doesntcompute2k]

Brett, this is a GREAT video! Thank you for producing it and making it straightforward and clear. I recently did this exact thing myself. But I could not use TP-Link as their routers are not fast enough. I had to use either my Ubiquiti UDM Pro or a "custom" PC with OPNsense so I did both. LOL I tested out both and settled on OPNsense. It handles all of the WAN interfaces and LAN interfaces flawlessly. The Ubiquiti UDM-Pro WAN does go up to 10Gbps (and a slower 1Gbps) so it worked fine but my requirements of routing SOME traffic to the 1G and SOME to the 10G was very difficult using the UDM-Pro. And their CPU cannot handle wire-speed routing w/ACLs. :( OPNsense on a decent chipset can handle multiple 10G WAN without dropping using full ACLs. And eight LAN interfaces without a single drop and full saturation. I placed all of the TP-Link (switches--love them!), AC, and Omada controller behind the OPNsense. Works great! If they would just add SFP+ on their routers with a faster CPU, it would rock.

[@anthonystebbins6289]

I have a Firewalla Gold with two WANS hooked up to it. Xfinity 1200/40 and Verizon 5G at 200/10 and the Firewalla does an amazing job at handing it and changing it on the fly. I can even require things to use one or the other even though I have the Verizon set as a failover.

[@Michael-er8dh]

I wish they have SLA that can also consider jitter, latency, and packet loss because if you have 2 WAN links connection and you configured it in Failover mode, the primary link will be used as long as the connection is up and will not failover even when the primary link is degraded. It is also true with load balancing, imagine you are load balancing with a 2:1 ratio with 2 on the primary, even when the primary link is degraded it will still distribute the traffic as is.

[@bekim137]

I did the same with pfsense with failover and it work great

[@jimprior180762]

Minor niggle I have with the load balancing feature is the boxes where you enter the ratios are not labelled per WAN port.

[@gavinlynch]

FYI You can Set custom Online Detection Interval in seconds

[@michaelkopec.5814]

can you create a video to show triple wan setup ? for failover thanks , great video.

[@gustersongusterson4120]

I just got into omada. I'm using it for work and at home and your videos have been a great tour of the management interface.

[@matiasbutelman4331]

Very clear explanation, thank you

[@wrongmark]

Thanks for this video. I recently added the same router to my exiting Omada set up but couldn't get all of the settings you had. I had to update my Omada software (running on a Raspberry Pi 4) and then followed your video.

[@jamesortega8681]

when youre playing a game online will you notice if the failover activates? or will your gamme disconnect before switching to 2nd isp

[@Azureblaze77]

Wow! Thanks so much. I have an ER7206 and was looking for more details on load balancing and you answered that question perfectly (I was confused about the ratio a bit) And then you threw that hidden gem about the Policy Routing, which I'm 100% going to use on my work computer that always connects via VPN that I want to put on my lower Ping WAN, which is actually my secondary. Thanks! Subscribed.

[@manpreetpujara6975]

Thank you, helpful video. My problem is that my Primary Wan is the old copper wire with download speeds of 40Mb and uplloads of aroun7mb. My new 5G wan gives me 300mb downloads but only 3mb uploads. Is there a way to aggregate the upload speeds as I'm getteing frozen/digital screens with video confereencing when using just the 5G (secondary WAN). Also bougght the ER-605 V2 and still learning how to configure it for both WANs and have not found the perfect KZbin video on it 😞

[@EduardoAMarin]

Great video! In the bottom of the drop-down option you can now select custom and set lower than 1 minute for WAN detection interval

[@RichWestJr]

Hmmm. I'm not getting the custom option. Lowest is 1 minute.

[@holgerbehrens186]

@@RichWestJr I can confirm the option is now available on ER605v2 and the latest controller software. Perhaps you need a firmware / software update.

[@jimprior180762]

Scroll down the list! Custom is at the bottom. It got me too ​@@RichWestJr

[@gzramiro]

If load balancing it's on, and it's always splitting the packages (both active wans) would't the fail over be instantaneous? Or at least never perceived?... Or it still takes a minute to find out that 1 link is broken? That Is really unfortunate considering that 1 ping every second should be cheap and the other connection Is ready

[@Doesntcompute2k]

Load balancing balances the (outgoing) connections, not the packets. If you (for instance) open up Facebook webpage/App, it forms a connection to the FB servers. This will be on ONE WAN port. If that port goes down, a reconnect has to happen. After all, think of it this way: each WAN port has a unique WAN IP on the Internet. So FB servers know of only one inbound connection from one of the WAN (public) IP. Some apps/services fail over very fast, some slower, some not at all (you have to "sign in again"). Any web pages which are 100% connection-less and not session-based will only need a refresh.

[@TAShyhas]

Hello, It's really informative i purchased one omada ER605 and configured it. It is working pretty well. Thank you. Now I would like to know that I can port forward using this router with a static public ip to local static ip along with load balancing ? Please guide me if you have posted any such videos. Thank you

[@yourpcmd]

Could this work the same as a splitter? Where you have a fiber line in (I have 2 gigs down, 1 gig up) and have 2 static IP addresses with different sub masks? This would allow me to run 2 separate networks, 1 for the house for normal use, access points, wifi, etc, and the other for a home lab/home business use.

[@dariussaturno4568]

Er605 is enought to config vouchers in hotspot or need oc device to create,i hope you answer this....

[@philipcaldwell3187]

Thanks for this overview, it is the missing explanation that has eluded me. TP-Link did a home run here but despite getting the tech to the consumer they never got past writing the marketing documents.

[@RyanEllerbe]

Will this bond the two Wan connections or only do a fail over?

[@dariussaturno4568]

That router is there a feature of 1+1=2 mbps, i mean example isp1 is 100mbps plus isp2 is 150mbps equals 250mbps?????hope of answer

[@vkasshu]

I purchased ER 605 and the interface for configuration is not like yours and that modal doesn't support WiFi. Could you confirm the router modal?

[@1Eprst]

can it combine internet speeds?

[@obnoxioustermite7932]

I have something similar TL-R480+. I want to use two separate internet connections on it without sharing the connections. Devices on one connection should not be accessible to the other connection. Unable to do so.

[@johnnychin9598]

How to configure to add the speed of both wan

[@patricknelson]

Now, I wonder if you can setup a rule to route *all* traffic for a device/MAC to WAN1 when it’s up, but _still_ failover to WAN2 if WAN1 fails. 🤔

[@RaidOwl]

Yep in Policy Routing there is a checkbox to use the other wan if the primary fails

[@RandomStuff-zt6qf]

bro I can't wait a couple minutes for it to failover, I need it to seamlessly stay connected for video calls, etc.

[@zloinaopako]

What’s on the left from the camera? You’re constantly glancing over there.

[@RaidOwl]

Shirtless firefighters

[@arielerosa3204]

FIrst world problem... Im in the fifth hell of dante and internet going down is a real issue

[@forex-chart-analysis-daily]

I want install tell me experience. Not problem in video calling or banking website ??

[@SharkZord]

so when its in the loadbalance mode with this device dose that mean that it instantly changes over or is it just as quick to change over as failover as im looking for something to instantly switch at the smallest issue on one or the other

[@AnimexFull]

A warm greeting Bro, I hope you're all doing well. I need your help, please. I have this load balancer model, and my issue is that if I disconnect the primary WAN, I lose connection for about 1 minute before it switches to the second WAN port. Is there a way to avoid losing connection, meaning that if the primary connection is lost, the WAN 2 is automatically assigned? For example, to be in a video conference and have the connection remain stable despite disconnecting WAN 1 at that moment.

[@YHK_YT]

13:06 I feel like I’m being called out

[@AW-dt8ct]

I have a question - is it possible to set port redirection through both WAN ports? I just want to access both adresses to my NVR because of upload issues.

[@thgilne5060]

Question ❓ the Internet speed is only 50mbps so I pick up 2 separate connections. Will this auto use both connections to increase the speed to 100mbps and help the throughput? I hoping that it does because even though they are running fiber it will be while and if it takes to long I might do a 3rd to help it out some more. I'm coming from a 1GB line and was feeling like I stepped back 10 years in time dude.

[@RaidOwl]

Yeah it can do a 50/50 load balanced split so that it’ll use both 50mbps connections evenly. However, this doesn’t mean that a single device will get 100, just that your total coming in will be 100. A single device will still be limited to 50.

[@dorkultra]

thanks, i used the instructions to setup wan failover for a 5G + LTE backup. Also I like your beard and bald head, subscribed lol

[@j-pondplsx9607]

Great Thanks for that!! Not sure about the 1Min lag though... Is there a Product which has no lag time? Im trying to sort out a gym space which music cuts out at the moment

[@Cotay17]

Firmware now allows it to be set to as little as 1 second.

[@elalemanpaisa]

what about port blocking?

[@hancomitstaff]

very informative, i have a question sir im using omada v. 5.6.3 . I have 2 ISP but the load balancing is not working all 99% of the traffic is send to my first ISP my second ISP is not utilize

[@ajaijb]

@raid what kind of USB dongle can be used? Some come with drivers to be installed in laptop

[@MichaelD-d6e]

Great video! Just what I was looking for and so easy to understand. Do you happen to know how to tell how much traffic or how many clients are on each wan?

[@still_rokn_da_pager]

Update: Scroll down in the ‘detection interval’ for a custom setting in seconds.

[@magikarp8084]

can i have the secondary only used for fail over. My secondary is a mobile Hotspot in case my main internet goes down. So I dont want to use it to load balance. I only want it for failover.

[@jonathancrawford7903]

I believe that enabling the backup wan feature disables load balancing. It is only used for backup unless u specify through policy routing. Select your router in Omada, with backup enabled my secondary shows as offline

[@dominick253]

Dual Internet might be the way to go for us rural citizens. Two lower speed connections bonded together 😊

[@shamimkhan2993]

Can we have more then 2 WAN running like 3 or 4 simultaneously?

[@aidenxu9928]

Thanks for the great video! Do you know if the Omada router works as the main router with non-Omada APs (also from TP-Link)?

[@rodcris304]

Thanks, great video...i more confide t on my choice of buying this router

[@sreekumarg]

Very informative. Sir, Can u pls do a video regarding firewall feature buil in with my ER7260. ?

[@mailman166]

Do you need to have the Omada controller or can i just buy the dual wan router ????

[@bradleyclark5936]

Perfect. I have the device just was struggling setting up multiple WAN. Thanks now I can. 🎉 #starLink #spectrum #dualWANathome

[@acollins319]

I do this with instant failover and load balancing using a GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext and my cell provider. It is harder to set up than doing it this way.

[@jamesortega8681]

can u make vlog how to make failover seamless with tp link

[@Mischalicious]

Thank you so much. The policy routing setting was the thing I was looking for. And as somebody that is not an IT guy, I would have never figure that out myself. Great Video

[@patricknelson]

Wow, these are some really great settings, thanks for going over all the config options! This is great for me, since I not only wanted some of the controller-based features (fast roaming) of their WiFi access points, but was also potentially going to purchase yet another dedicated bit of hardware for a multi-WAN setup (in my case, Fiber + cable). It’s really nice to see the Omada router I was looking at supports this out of the box but also with lots of useful features to boot.

[@RebellionBloodshed]

Eres un bacan chichico

[@tinostarks]

how to shut off load balancing entirely?

[@johannesyoung6071]

I don't know that you can. What ive done is make sure that "always link primary" then under mode "only if primary fails". This ensures that devices are only using failover internet connection in the event the primary is down. In this case I believe it doesn't really do any load balancing. Although it still asks for a ratio I don't think it matters. You could also set the ratio to 100:1 just to be on the safe side.

[@jamesortega8681]

i saw the whole vid, is there a way to make the failover seamless/instant

[@TheGaleanodavid07]

hello there, can somebodye please clarify the load balancing ratio for me? does the higher number represent bigger priority or lower priority?

[@RaidOwl]

Bigger

[@tomkoopmann1129]

Great video, many thanks. I have question maybe you have the time to answer. I want to install a failsafe system as both of my ISP connections are sometimes weak. My problem is that I don’t have WAN connections. My main internet comes from a LAN cable which I connect to a switch and then distribute it. The LAN gets its data from a rooftop Antenna mounted router (UISP Nanobeam M6 with IP service and all) - I cannot access the configuration of that router. I have a 4G backup sys-tem, which again is a modem/router with 4G card installed (Huawei B2368) , also with IP service. Is there a way to connect both the LAN cables (no WAN but router managed networks) into the Oma-da Dual WAN router and that the router sorts out the double IP issue?

[@RaidOwl]

You’ll probably run into a double NAT issue but if you’re okay with that then yeah an Omada router will work. Just plug both of your LAN cables into the 2 WAN ports of the router then let your Omada router handle load balancing and DHCP for everything downstream of that.

[@DanielDaniel-td5sp]

Great walk-through of the device. Thank you.

[@stevenuttall]

Very nice, thank you!

[@ravneillal]

I have been using TP-link gear for the better part of 10 years. Before the omada gear i had TL-R470T+ which i used to connect 3 dsl lines and setup a few policies and the router stiches together all the connections and it acts as one connection. The same features are now transferred over to the new omada line of products and i got this ER605 router and i am quite happy with it. I have now one adsl line and 2 4g connections with this router and setup policy to use all wan connections. The good thing with this is all connections are combined as one and if one fails then the other lines take over seamlessly and you don't get dropouts.

[@gokulr346]

How to you set that up with ER605? I thought ER605 always takes few seconds to detect fail over to switch to another line. Thanks.

[@MightyGuedes]

Hi, In case the second WAN connection (backup) has limited traffic is it possible that in case of failover this connection only gives access to the internet to one device?

[@RaidOwl]

Yeah you’d have to set up the proper firewall rules for that one IP

[@ka10k]

U didnt show how it balances

[@chrisfeyen437]

The bare minimum to do dual WAN is just the TP-Link ER605, the controller isn't needed.

[@RaidOwl]

You are correct

[@holgerbehrens186]

There is now a custom Online detection setting. 605v2. I set mine to custom & 10 seconds

[@RaidOwl]

Yeah saw that 💪🏼

[@TheEttyEdry]

I enjoy your video's so much that I bought the Omada system for my business. Load Balancer ER7206, Switch SG2218, Controller 200, EAP620. I am using Cox Internet provider. Unfortunately it is not a reliable provider, when it rains we are loosing the internet - and it does rains a lot in New Orleans :-). I would like to add cellular hotspot as the secondary internet. How do I do that? Thank you very much

[@RaidOwl]

As someone who grew up in the New Orleans area...I feel you. Unfortunately the ER7206 doesn't have a usb port for a mobile hotspot WAN connection. You'd have to go with the ER605 or ER707-M2 for that feature. That would give you the ability to simply plug in a dedicated usb hotspot or phone to use as a backup.

[@TheEttyEdry]

@@RaidOwl I already bought it. Maybe a transformer from USB to Ethernet?

[@RaidOwl]

@@TheEttyEdry hmmm you MIGHT be able to go with a gl.inet product and use the LAN output from that into the WAN of your Omada router.

[@TheEttyEdry]

T.Y. I will buy it, try it and keep you posted. Again - appreciate your help @@RaidOwl

[@Radek125]

Necro reply but you can use a USB type c hub with passthrough / Ethernet to both charge your phone and provide failover internet. Faster than using the slow USB port on the VPN router

[@Julz45678]

Great Video thanks so much.

[@totallymage6507]

"Rolls back to primary"

[@duketlam9206]

This setup is for failover. Can it be binded to do two wan to boost speed? Let's say both wan is 100 mb each. Binding it would 2X the speed ie 200 MB. Right?

[@RaidOwl]

You can load balance it to get double the throughput but you won’t necessarily get double the speed. Like, you won’t get double the speed downloading from a single source but you could get 100mb from two different sources at the same time.

[@CBMAdminPCs]

​@@RaidOwl Hi, I'm using a TL-ER7206 with 2 300MBPs WANs. It works fine with failover but I never got a combined speed. In every upload/download test what I get is at maximum the speed of the main WAN and I see in the Network/Switch/Statistics page that there is almost no traffic in the backup WAN. What should I do so the router would automatically "balance" the traffic between the two available WANs?

[@digrassi]

In your opinion, Er605 or Edgerouter X? Thanks

[@RaidOwl]

Er605

[@allanmary1214]

All I want is to have a unit where I can use ATT Gigabit 960/960 and Comcast 100/30 and when ATT goes off, Comcast goes on instantly. To at least to get email... Doable?

[@RaidOwl]

Yep, Omada can handle that just fine.

[@starfoxBR77]

Great job! I just had the same set. Congrats!

[@PeaceNiyazulhaq]

I have 2 router what should i do LAN setup or WAN setup??

[@RaidOwl]

Not sure I understand. You need both.

[@PeaceNiyazulhaq]

I have 2 router 1 switch i dont know how to setup @@RaidOwl

[@RaidOwl]

Routers or APs?

[@PeaceNiyazulhaq]

Router @@RaidOwl

[@ghostbroker6976]

I watched some of your older videos on pfsense as I was considering replacing my Ubiquti gear with a combination of TP-link switches/access points with a pfsense router. Is there a reason you switched from pfsense to an Omada router? I was initially considering full TP-link but I don't want to wait for mDNS.

[@RaidOwl]

I still use pfSense as my main firewall/router but I’m a fan of the Omada stuff

[@ghostbroker6976]

@@RaidOwl Thanks. I guess I need to make a decision. No problems with Ubiquiti except I've been trying to get new gear for about 6 months now and it's never in stock. Don't have the patience to constantly watch stock trackers so I figure it's time to switch things up.

[@buckyjs]

Never hurts to ask.. but i have a Omada setup. When I did the inital setup, it had me tell the system how fast up/down my wan connection was. I have since changed and went slower due to cost. I guess it used the speed designation to accurately show the strain or demands on my wan connection. I have never been able to find out where to go to put in the newer slower connection speeds so that it's accurate. I used to have gig fiber but went to 500/500 to save money. any chance you know what I am talking about on the setup? and if so, any chance you know where I need to go to change the connection speeds on Omada so it shows my true utilization on the wan port?

[@Der089User]

It's time for a 3 WAN solution!

[@bradleyclark5936]

This device can actually handle that

[@Doesntcompute2k]

TP-Link does support that many. Even more. How well it works however.... 😉

[@RaidOwl]

Soon lol

[@puretrack06]

Whats a wife ?

[@JensHove]

A device that will enable you to spend half your life, doing things you don't want to.

[@AHEUTUBE]

When you get a wife, it is dangerous to get a Dual Connection; if your wife finds out, you will pay Alimony and Child support.

[@holgerbehrens186]

It is a very attractive device that allows some of us to lose half our wealth without much effort.

[@mserio3]

Blah blah

[@RaidOwl]

Interesting point

[@abuxxx3607]

He can't come up in the discussion of higher frequency individuals, Still living in the 2.4G era😅😂

[@satyamkanwar133]

Hey can I have a discord link to your server? I wish to discuss something regarding this.

[@RaidOwl]

It should be in the description

[@satyamkanwar133]

@@RaidOwl it's redirecting me to some website called mee6

[@RaidOwl]

@@satyamkanwar133 Thats the donation site, use the Join link: discord.gg/CUzhMSS7qd

[@satyamkanwar133]

@@RaidOwl thank you I'm in

[@jeffmcc93]

I hate TP link so I’ll keep looking for a similar product from another brand

[@ssptechsrl]

how did you get your public ip address from your modem to your router if you can help thanks , mine it is just private ip on the router @RaidOwl

[@shephusted2714]

opnsense will do this #triwan