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LBR20 - 4G/LTE as failover doesn't work flawlessly
Hi everyone, as suggested by a fellow user in the "Orbi" Forum, I repost my question here trying to get an well informed answer from the community. I've got an issue with my LBR20 configuration...
When the path is changed, there is a lot has to happen to recreate your connection in the new path. It might not even be over the same provider. There are chances for lost data while the switchover is taking place. It takes a little while to determine that the path has failed, vs just being slow to respond. I assume that is why they have a longer delay before doing the switchover so that it isn't frantically flopping back and forth.
I agree that it would be great if it switched over seamlessly in a second or two, but I'm not sure that's technically possible.
I assume you've already put pressure on your landline ISP to make their circuit work properly? Maybe different ISP could do better?
I understand your explanation about path switch delays but I believe this is doable in less than a few seconds.
French ISP "Free" has launched a few weeks ago and new proprietary modem (Fiber + LTE) that is able to switch from one connection to another in less that 2 secs?!. Heres is a video (sorry it's in french but you can understand without sound) where we can see the lady unplugging the main fiber link while the ping results show that it's still connected (TTL going from 250 to 47 shows that it changed the link). It only drops one packet when she plugs the main link back.
https://youtu.be/PYMEuUakEBE?t=157
Regarding my ISP, of course I called them a lot for that matter, but my main wired connection relies on coaxical cable technology which seems to be very sensitive against outside perturbations.
Optic fiber has just come to my door, I may be upgrading very soon. Maybe that "slow" path changing issue will not be an issue in the next few weeks :)
Wow, that looks like an awesome system. Love the fast switching!