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Creating WAN failover
I'm trying to create a WAN failover, as the cable internet connection from my ISP fails occasionally. Currently I have the following set up. As a modem I am using a Fritzbox 6690 cable modem, which i...
I'd quit trying to gimmick it up if you want stability.
I'd look at picking up a cheap edgerouterx. Its a cheaper option that supports dual wan with failover.
so you'd go modem's (in passthrough mode)---->edge routerx---->SXR (in access point mode)
Thanks for your reply. If I understand it right, I can go for a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X, connect both the Fritzbox cable modem and Pepwave modem to it and run the third RJ45 cable to the WAN port on the Orbi SXR80, right? That would be an awesome and pretty simple solution.
Rumor is Netgear will enter the market with a multi-port, partially Multi-Gig equipped, dual WAN-router. However, the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X is hard to beat (in price-performance) wit it's < 50 USD price tag.
For now, the only multi WAN Orbi is the LTE version, but unfortunately not compatible with my existing Orbi satellites. Would be looking forward to the dual WAN routers, as several competitors have that capability already. Fail-over setups becomes more and more important these days.
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