Ultimate Dual WAN Setup Guide for Ubiquiti EdgeRouter | Load Balancing & Failover Tutorial

[@torogipro]

Drop your comments!

[@RCdiy]

It works as tested but in my case when one of the modems is not connected failover does not occur. In your example you disconnect the cable to the router. What happens if instead you disconnect the cable between the wall and the modem? Leave the cable between the modem and the router in. In my case I am having a problem where I have two internet connections. Load balancing works. But when one link goes down nothing works. If I unplug one link it works. But if they stay plugged in and the internet is not working the failover does not work. I have a protocol sticky because otherwise my bank website won’t let me log in.

[@FloofyTanker]

@@RCdiy So if you unplug one of the modems from your multi-wan router the failover works but if one of the WANs loses internet connection the failover doesn't work? It's not redirecting the traffic to the WAN with the working internet connection? I find that very odd, did you try tinkering with the settings?

[@rgd2576]

Thats what i wanted to know he should not remove the lan cable in real world it should be red light or los.

[@rgd2576]

He should remove the fiber cable not the lan cable for accurate result.

[@FloofyTanker]

@@rgd2576 Yeah, removing the cable at the modem's end should make emulating losing an internet connection while being connected to 2 WANs more accurate because removing the LAN cable directly would just result in the multi-wan router thining that there isn't any cable attached so it just redirects traffic to where there is a cable attached.

[@ReneKubicka]

Thanks for finding time for this. Would you know, if the backup WAN connection is used even if the primary WAN is available and working? I ask because as a backup WAN i plan to use metered mobile connection. I do not want to use it if not necessary.

[@thilehoffer]

Does this really use load balancing so both of your connections will be used or does it use one connection and then the other is a "back up"?

[@michaeltorres6109]

he forgot to show it and try a Speedtest with 2 ISP is UP so we can see if load balancing and fail over is working

[@jopex09]

This is a kickass video, i have been searching the internet all over, until i found this channel. BIG KIDDOS TO KUYA TOROGI!

[@jamzky6036]

Hello, I appreciate your content. I have a question about this device. Can it operate both WANs at the simultaneously, or does it only support an Active-Passive configuration?

[@allenperera6158]

Does using the wizard wipe out the previous settings? or will it just add on the failover?

[@michaeltorres6109]

Thanks for the guide but I think forgot to show it and try a Speedtest with 2 ISP is UP so we can see if load balancing and fail over is working . It is like an Tp-Link OMADA ER605 VPN router with delay or timeout when 1 ISP is down.

[@KhanSharief]

which is better this edge router or mikrotik with dual fail over and loadbalance?

[@aldrinpaulo28]

Sir those 2 isp can combine speed? Ex. 1st isp 50mbps 2nd 50mbps In speed test will it combine? Thank you!

[@KFMEDIA254]

hello, i have a router which i have installed an open soure router firmware know as Gargoyle. can you help by making a video on how to set it to have dual WAN

[@rrosas]

Thanks for your video! I noticed you used the Edgerouter Lite 3. What would be the difference with the ER-X for Dual WAN Failover? I have ISP 1 with a 350Mbps service and ISP 2 with 50Mbps service. Thanks!

[@Gizmo1969]

@TorogiPro Thanks for video I was looking before I buy, one question, when the failover activates and you are using the second connection, which in my case will be a standby 4g connection, can the router be setup so that when internet returns to the primary connection when it comes back online?

[@DLSauron]

Thank you very much. I needed to change my edgerouters IP!!! Up and running. Thank you!

[@JOEJOETHEJOEY]

Thank you so much!! Great video! This is exactly what I needed to find out if the Edge Router Lite can do. I have one question, I have set up quite a few "port forwards" for remote access support from some of our providers. Will I be able to keep the same ports forwarded to all the same systems within the network using the same IP's? Keep it up!

[@TubolMotoadventures]

Is this router checking the wan ports physical connection only or the actual internet data connectivity?

[@MikePowlas]

1. If you do a (what is my IP search) Does it always use the same WAN? 2. If you have two WANS that are 10Mbps Download will it put them as one and give you close to 20Mbps Download? Thanks.

[@OfirHadad]

Hi @Torogi Do you know if this dual wan router can switch to the fastest network? between the 2?

[@FloofyTanker]

So you connected 2 modems to 1 Multi-WAN router, which one is the main DHCP server or assigns a dynamic IP? Is it the 2 modems? or is it the multi-wan router? I'm planning on 2 WANs and a Multi-wan router and a Switch, all the computers will be connected to the switch, so let's say I follow your steps and in your case since you assigned 192.168.100 as your routing prefix for your LAN port and I'm going to stick a switch on that end will the addresses on that switch be ranging from 192.168.100.0-255? I'm planning on setting up a multi-wan network in my home because of intermittent internet but I do not have any background in networking whatsoever other than reading through articles and watching youtube tutorials on the internet.

[@joaquinluceromusic]

i am just curious if you used real 2 ISPs or just created lab vlans to simulate 2 WAN ISPs?

[@myniemoo4509]

I configured an edge router lite, followed the same procedure in the video using 2 ISP connection. After the configuration the LAN port was sending out internet connection. However, one of the ISP was down so, even with one of the ISP connected, LAN was still sending internet connection, however, the following day the internet connection was down and the LAN is no longer sending internet connection. Do I have to set DNS in the LAN configuration, or is it because one of the ISP connection is down to cost no internet connection?

[@kaleemhere]

Thank you Brother for the nice video and easily explained, i'm going to configure it in the Call Center Office today as i'm doing all the networking work there. One Question Can the Primary Line or the Secondary Line come UP immediately without any DROPS in the connection. As this is the Load Balancing Router it should switch immediately in fraction of seconds

[@lordcatpotato]

sir can you combine lan intranet (no internet) and another lan (with internet)

[@giuseppecirchettaph]

Hello, thanks for the video. I was expecting a faster re-routing of the traffic from one network to the other. For streaming purposes (e.g. Google Nest speakers) this kind of switching from one ISP to the other is kind of slow and streaming gets stuck.

[@AhmedMohamed-gy2ri]

Straightforward instructions..thank you so much. Just what I wanted these for now days virtual events.

[@marito158]

thanks for the video, currently my ERL router is already configure eth0=current ISP, eth1=Lan, it has policies and rules, and couple vLans, if I use the wizard Load Balancing Config, would that erase all my policies, rules and vLans? I'm trying to get a second ISP as backup reason why I'm thinking on load balancing using the eth3, but I would not want to erase all the current setting and having to reconfigure again. thanks in advance for your advise.

[@kennethdale9862]

Awesome. Just maybe the solution that I need. Sir, after that config, can I plugor use a wifi router in that eth0 or confirgured lan port? Going to my existing home wifi setup?

[@kinghade15]

We have 2 ISP and almost 200 computers, I wonder if I can filter computers who should have access to the internet using this router or should I go purchase pfsense routers?

[@thibautnoah2599]

Looking good for the price. Wondering if it isn't limiting though as it is only a gigabit connection routeur. Does it work well with a switch? Want to use this as failover

[@leodanterustia4116]

We can actually config the delay and interval timeouts in cli.. Or config tree.. Mine is set to 1 timeout only. No timeout if 3 isp.. Cache also can be setups.. The weight per isp can also config.. Etc. Edgerouter is a powerful piece of gadget..

[@torogipro]

Thanks for the info bro.

[@sTIc726]

Using load balance if 1 ISP goes down the connection will also shutdown for a moment or will continue to work normally through the other ISP?

[@fastbytedigitalprinting584]

What if isp 1 does not work properly? Is the isp 2 automatically fail over even not pulling out the cable connected to ER from isp1?

[@AlarmSystemStore]

So when you setup load balancing, you automatically get wan failover?

[@ronilhassanwalia]

Can you force a client device to only use one of the two WAN ports. For Example our IPTV Service only works on one WAN Connection. Can I force the FireTV's to use that WAN based on MAC?

[@andrewkatz3845]

Did you find the answer to this? I'm looking for the same thing.

[@JoeCubicle]

My buddy just got a whiz-bang dual WAN router with bells/whistles so I thought I'd watch a dual WAN video. I still don't get router magic and IP addresses and all that. I simply don't get it. Great video though!

[@ceekay1676]

Hi Torogi! Nice Video! I have a question though, it seems that the video only shows the failover but how about the load balancing? If i connected 2 ISP on WAN ports, would it improved the upload and download speed of the connection?

[@samuelg35]

My question also

[@aldrinpaulo28]

Any update for this query ?

[@scmoseman]

I guess the LAN is on a double NAT. Is there any way to port forward?

[@SimowLabrim]

dude why the ping went over 100ms when you plugged both of them? this is not meant to lower the ping for video games? another question, are those lan 1 + lan 2 you plugged are a normal lan coming from different ISP routers?

[@MrBassinhuntin]

Thanks easy to understand and I’m good to go.

[@nomdeplume7671]

exactly what i wanted to see. thank you.

[@ceasbesa3767]

Awesome video! Very helpful. This is what we need in the office. Just in case i get somw stumblimg blocks in setting up, can i reach out to you? Thanks.

[@pembencifanatism6335]

Hi Torogi Pro, Can you show me how to set Dual WAN + Failover for connection using pppoe from ISP. The ISP also set VLAN 500 and DHCPv6 /48 for that pppoe Really glad if you can show it.

[@joenellagz27]

Sir may sarili din po ba na Public IP ung router?

[@jassonmagallanes9607]

Question, mag stack po ba ang bandwidths ng dalawang isp if both connected na? Eg; wan1@ 15mbps + wan2@10mbps = 25mbps na yung net speed mo??

[@roy5721]

No

[@markarca6360]

I would assume that this also applies to other models of the EdgeRouter like the EdgeRouter X or EdgeRouter X SFP since they have the same firmware. The number of ports is just the difference.

[@manoloencelan3237]

hi is it normal to take more than 10 second to do the failover? should it be 1 to 2 sec only? it would be disaster if this will be use on critical network... thanks

[@torogipro]

You can adjust the time out via the terminal

[@88eleaffar]

Hi, i have edgerouter x with firmware 2.09. I use wan 1 and wan 2. Wan 2 is starlink. Normal speed in wan 2 is 200mbit of download and 20 of upload. With my ubiquiti router the speed came limited to 60/70 mbit in download, why ? I have enabled/disabled ipsec and hwnat but the problem is always the same. Thanks a lot for the help.

[@rgd2576]

may i asked if loadbalance and failover work without removing lan cable?

[@emannaval6529]

Yan din hinhanap ko

[@dithopulungan2687]

Hi does the isp has to be the same company? Or can be different companies?

[@ceekay1676]

you can use 2 different ISP as you can see on the video, 2 WAN ports have different IP address. Also when he did the tracert, you can tell it that the HOPS goes into two different ISP

[@jopex09]

IDOL, Question po may port forwarding din po kaya jan sa edge router? Or need pa po ng another firewall pa po for it? Also if mag port forwarding ako need ko pa po ba i defined un both sa ISP modem? or hindi na po? Thank you po

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

this edge router can handle two router like from edge to hub to router1 for shop and router 2 for wireless fo4 piso wifi?

[@stracomesys]

Very thorough

[@abrahamtan1093]

does it affect internal lan transfers? like from nas to comp?

[@jt4pt]

What is the possible way to reduce latency between switchover of ISP if one goes down.

[@mitchaustralia9327]

Have you tried combining 2 ISP line connections to get max speed?

[@pcenthusiast9211]

in failover when one ISP down, the ping should be continue,it should switch over to 2nd ISP without any delay,that is the concept of failover and load balancing, please correct me of i am wrong.

[@torogipro]

There will always be a delay bro, however, you can tweak some of the settings on CLI to lower the timeout as mentioned by @LeoDante down at the comments below.

[@antonylmj]

@@torogipro Is there any possibility for seamless reliable internet for situations like Skype calls? I understand that failover will have a minimum delay, but in "load balancing mode" if one of the ISPs / WAN goes off, does the router ensure reliability, by not loosing any packets that may cause disruptions to Skype calls etc

[@randz9239]

does it need to be same bandwidth??

[@jgutierrez157]

Great video. Do I need to have my two ISP Modems in bridge mode in order to get this Dual WAN Router working?

[@torogipro]

It does need ti be modems in brigde mode, however it is good if do setup in brigde mode. This is as long as you to ISP sources

[@abuxxx3607]

@@torogipro what? english is in danger here.

[@mezmerizz]

what if both my WAN modems have the same IP address because they are routers as well and have DHCP turned on.. will the Edge Router just use it anyway and not care?

[@ceekay1676]

as he clearly said, you need to have two different IP as there would be an DHCP IP conflict!!!!!! Also, you cannot use Router as they are DHCP unless that router's DHCP could be turned off and just use it as a modem or a bridge. But there will also issues with double NAT. Please review your basic networking

[@punishedproduct]

Thank you!

[@gabrielfuentes4651]

Sir good day is it ok to set up this without buying a static IP from the ISP ?

[@torogipro]

Yes bro.

[@gabrielfuentes4651]

@@torogipro thank sir another question im using a pfsense in my office is it also applicable to load balance in pfsense without buying a static IP from ISP?

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

just to clarify no ip value from eth0 kc si pfsence na ang magbigay ip tpos c edge router purpose is failover lang. is it correct?

[@jeffreymagallanes1455]

@@kuyavenzinfovlog may features din si pfsense ng load balance and fail over mas ok padin kaya gumamit ng edgemax?

[@jeffreymagallanes1455]

ano mas ok, pfsense load balance fail over or yan sa edgemax bro? Thank you :)

[@sugandhpandey7368]

Output lan port is gigabit 100/1000?

[@waldenlaab4285]

Sir what will happened when two isp dhcp meet in load banlancer ? And meet static and dhcp in load banlancer?

[@edmondromanos9256]

mag add ba ang speed using this router? i have 100mb pldt residential and 200mb pldt SME,, magiging 300mb kaya?

[@richardsabino9190]

Yun nga po sir Dapat sabay sila mag work At walang speed test Kung sabay sila Mag work?

[@itmikoyito975]

sir is this device support load bonding, or do you have any idea of a device support load bonding and failover at thesame time? thanks a lot.

[@torogipro]

Loadbonding? Or peering?

[@itmikoyito975]

@@torogipro Loadbonding sir I don't know sir if it is peering also :-), like if we want to bond/combine speed of our two ISP's, ISP1(20mbps)+ISP2(20mbps) = 40mbps download speed

[@jmarkesc6840]

Try PFsense

[@lemmoraguila]

@@itmikoyito975 ruijie eg does this job

[@ИзвестныйАпрасад]

Same way we have to configure tp link load balancing sharing switch?

[@bastiaanw3519]

Yeah, this works like a charm. But now... how do I configure the routers on the internet side and the EdgeRouter to pass through traffic to servers on the inside, BEHIND the EdgeRouter?

[@joaquinluceromusic]

about 15 to 20 seconds. is there a way to reduce that to less than 10 mins?

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

can we combined the network for us to avoid request time out once one of the isp having data congestion?

[@torogipro]

Yes amigo. Thats where load balancing works.

[@ibclay1433]

Fantastic video! Sir, any comments of connecting an Orbi mesh router/wifi to an Edge Router for load balancing purposes? Thank you

[@mykilbee]

is there a way to get failover a little faster, that was fifteen seconds, in the gaming world that is like a day and a half?

[@odelts]

this is like 25k to 30k pc of equipment bro, right? you got voucher?

[@torogipro]

this is around 7k bro

[@vinothyuvarajan9887]

How to bond both wan connection ?

[@TatayOpaw]

new subscriber! nice content.

[@heartgalgao4238]

okay I found the price. for the price not bad.

[@JoeM370]

The clarity and insight of this content are refreshing. A book with related subjects expanded my understanding. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@abuxxx3607]

7:39, it is a failed test. no way in real life scenario that removing a lan cable will simulate a down isp. there should be parameters meet before the failover happens.

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

if in case there's a second no internet during switching of isp, based of my understanding

[@focuslinkstech]

this video is informative, but you dont do speed test on both internet for load ballance

[@micoryanelgana6747]

Salamat idol .. dami ko natutunan sau :) more video pa idol .. and pahingi facebook page mo idol para ma followed kita

[@POSITIVEPULSE015]

Mas ok pala to sir? Kisa sa microtek

[@torogipro]

Oo, straight forward kasi ung features. Si mikrotik, sa dami ng pwede nia gawin, magugulohan ka hehe.

[@itmikoyito975]

@@torogipro yeah i tried to do it in mikrotik haplite, its working but not that kind of autofailover when 1 connection fail.

[@POSITIVEPULSE015]

@@torogipro sir totoo ka talaga.. salamt solir

[@heartgalgao4238]

how much is the device?

[@torogipro]

7k madam

[@akiraG24]

Supported ba nyan Sir ang VLANs?

[@torogipro]

Yes bro

[@hereravera3591]

2 isp 100Mbps+50 Mbps=150 Mbps??

[@rcttechnical1170]

Request on pppoe server configuration using mikrotik, on ptp wisp, with tree connected lap 120 sector anten for example tnx

[@torogipro]

cge list ko sa upcoming tuts. Thanks!

[@stephentsilo4813]

Good video but fail over takes some 20seconds to forward traffic is there a way of minimizing the time...if i was on a voice call...its gone!! man.

[@pcenthusiast9211]

request you to make video on WOL Wake on LAN

[@micoryanelgana6747]

Ma total poba internet mo dito boss Globe 50mbps / pldt 50mbps = 100 mbps ?

[@jokeng1035]

that's what I want to know too.

[@yashbhikadiya540]

Bro,please make viadoe on how to disable hot key in windows. I failed in all try of all youtubers.

[@PeterParker-mz7fk]

I thought it will just be smooth.

[@wfhxsahgf]

Urgh. Ang hirap ng hindi techie. 😭 ang dami ko na pinanood na ganito nahihirapan ako intindihin. 😭 Helllppp. 😭 meron bang device na pwede ko iconnect via ethernet port ng laptop yung 2 ISPs ko ng walang madaming technicalities. Like kung paano nagwowork extension ng phone. Huhu. Please help me. 😭

[@jhune0731]

Load balancing router plug n play nayan lagay molang 2 isps mo then ung out nun naka merge na ung data bandwidth. Kung sa laptop naman working din ung pldt naka wifi then converge naman naka lan working sa win 10 ko yan

[@wfhxsahgf]

Floro Compe jr. hello! Thank you sa help. Bali ang gamit ko pldt fiber na laging pumapalya and globe dsl. Pwede po ba yun na dsl and fiber ang ilalagay? Thank you so much! Hindi ko ineexpect na may magrereply sa comment ko. Hulog ka ng langit sir!

[@peras12345]

Its not fail over , its a load balancing

[@markarca6360]

EdgeOS is based in Debian so you can use the APT repository the same way you use it in desktop versions of Debian, Ubuntu, and Kali Linux.

[@Theonecalledmom]

I need to set up Internet service for my 5th wheel travel trailer. I need to have multiple providers, so not to loose connection when I am at work. I have to have 12mbps, per my IT guys🫣