MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover

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MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2020-04-05 11:19:29
Model: Archer MR600  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 190412 Rel.66770n

Hi,

I live in an area with terrible ADSL and decent 4G+ signal. I am trying to configure the MR600 to use 4G when available, and failover to ADSL if 4G drops. So far, I an only find a way to do the opposite (ADSL when available, and failover to 4G). How do I achieve this?

 

Many thanks for any help.

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2020-09-15 07:49:08

@Fowlet Please check this link out, if not already done.

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2719/

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2020-09-15 08:32:57

 

Abhilash.Jena wrote

@Fowlet Please check this link out, if not already done.

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2719/

@Abhilash.Jena this is the reverse of what I need. I need 4G to be the primary connection, and fall back to ADSL when it fails. 

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2021-01-15 09:57:15

@Fowlet did you ever get this right? I'm in a similar position - when it works the 4g connection is preferable but I'd like to switch over to the more reliable DSL connection (available over LAN)

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2021-01-15 09:59:25

@ahoydave unfortunately not. I'm 90% sure it's not possible. I even looked into flashing the router with custom firmware, but nothing was available about 6 months ago - maybe that has changed? Unlikely.

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2021-01-15 10:04:23 - last edited 2021-01-15 10:04:46

I know it is possible if you use something like ROOter (Openwrt based) but MR600 isn't on their supported list unfortunately

 

https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/routers.html

 

It's a pity since they've got the logic in there to go the other way round :-/

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2021-01-15 11:13:26 - last edited 2021-01-15 11:14:50

Hi Guys,

 

I achieve this using a slightly different method using a TP-Link router/load-balancer.  Check out the link below:

 

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/stories/detail/1370

 

CheerZ

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Re:MR600 4G+ with Cable WAN Failover
2021-01-15 11:18:45
Cool yeah that would work. Obviously requires some more pieces of kit but worth thinking about - thanks for the write up!
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