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Taldren's avatar
Taldren
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Jan 15, 2024
Status:
New Idea

RS700 WAN Failover

I have the following hardware:

Netgear LM1200 - LTE Modem

Netgear CM2000 - Cable Modem

Netgear RS700

 

During the pandemic, like many, my company swapped to a remote or hybrid model. That means that my internet is now critical to my employment. As such, I implemented a backup for when my cable goes down (3 times in 2 years). Currently my network looks like this: CM2000 -> LM1200 -> RS700 -> 10GBE Switch.

The issue is that Comcast in my area is going to start >1Gbps testing soon, but I am currently being limited by the 1GBE passthrough in the LM1200. 

 

I see that the RS700 allows WAN aggregation (10GBE+1GBE), but it would be helpful if you also allowed WAN failover from the 10GBE to the 1 GBE Port. In my case I would have the CM2000 connected to the 10GBE port (at 2.5GBE) and the LM1200 on the 1 GBE Port for the failover.

 

If the system is capable of link aggregation it has to be capable of failover.

2 Comments

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    I'd agree that these flagship devices need a dual wan capability versus just wan port aggregation. 

  • Agree.

    Dual wan or failoveer feature it will be appreciated and it's present in some competitor