 tobyTroy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
Seattle, WA | reply to chd176
Re: Dual DSL Lines Can't see those images, too small to read the text.
You need to switch to another ISP in your area that offers MLPPP, then the lines will be combined, until then you've got two separate lines. |
 chd176
join:2003-01-10
Winfield, AL
 ·CenturyLink
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Both WAN connections active. | 
WAN 1 connected with the router handling the PPPoE connection. | 
The second WAN connected also router handling PPPoE. | 
With a download manager I can use the throughput of both lines. |
said by toby:Can't see those images, too small to read the text.
You need to switch to another ISP in your area that offers MLPPP, then the lines will be combined, until then you've got two separate lines.
Perhaps that'll work I've had a time with formatting lol. I would but in my area I'm limited to CenturyLink, no cable, can't do a local WISP unless I want to invest in a 100' tower, or I could go Verizon HomeFusion (which given their caps no thanks). This is simply a last resort. I of course would prefer if CTL supported MLPPP other than in select locations where they offer bonding. I'm not sure if they use MLPPP in that case or not.
said by broccoli:If you are not served by any ISP that supports bonding, it's best to have different carriers for your lines, instead of putting all eggs in one basket. In my case I have CenturyLink (VDSL2) and Comcast (DOCSIS 3). Compared to Comcast, CenturyLink is a bit overpriced for what they have to offer, but I have both for redundancy.
The TL-R480T+ seems quite affordable, but its features are also quite limited for a quad-WAN router. On its website, TP-Link calls it a VPN router, which most would take to mean it can act as a VPN endpoint, but there is no mention of that in the user guide.
As stated before I would love to have another carrier, sadly limited to CenturyLink though. I am planning on adding a 3G link for the 3rd WAN as a manual failover if I absolutely need to get online for a short time. The TL-R480T+ isn't the best in the world but I'm only using it for the load balancing, so for my need it fits the bill. I believe the Port-VLAN under the Network-Switch setting is where you can setup the VPN endpoint but I'm not really familiar with VPNs so I could be mistaken. I do eventually plan to upgrade to the TL-ER5120 which would give me GB ports, as of now I just have it straight to my switch for the rest of my network.
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10,000/768 CenturyTel PPPoE DSL line (for real this time) |
