Just purchased TL-ER5120 - couple of questions for any users out there

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Just purchased TL-ER5120 - couple of questions for any users out there
Just purchased TL-ER5120 - couple of questions for any users out there
2016-07-30 15:54:12 - last edited 2021-08-21 06:50:48
Model :

Hardware Version : TL-ER5120

Firmware Version : Not sure yet

ISP : Zen / PlusNet

Hi,

I just bought a TL-ER5120 router and have a quick question if anyone can spare a moment.

My TL-ER5120 is for my home and it will have two domestic WAN connections, one ADSL 2+ and one VDSL connection. Each connection is on a different phone line (obviously) and connected to a different ISP. One ISP provides me with a static IP address, the other is dynamic so I will effectively have 2 WAN IP addresses.

Currently if I want to access my home server remotely I use the single connection with static IP address and connect to it directly, my current router forwards the necessary ports to the server - once I have the TL-ER5120 in position I am not sure if this will still work - what is the best way of doing this given that my Home Network will effectively have two IP addresses at any one time? Ideally I would like to be able to use the full bandwidth of both connections when connecting remotely - is this possible?

Thanks

Chunks
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Re:Just purchased TL-ER5120 - couple of questions for any users out there
2016-08-05 21:59:05 - last edited 2021-08-21 06:50:48
Hi Chunkers.

I don't think that is possible. Once you need to access your home server from a remote location, you can
either access it via your WAN1 IP or your WAN2 IP.

Just do not forget to port forward your home server IP and on the Interface, choose WAN-ALL
(Advanced->NAT->Virtual Server)

Good luck.
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2016-08-07 04:05:26 - last edited 2021-08-21 06:50:48
Thanks for the guidance, much appreciated

Chunks
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Re:Just purchased TL-ER5120 - couple of questions for any users out there
2016-08-19 20:38:35 - last edited 2021-08-21 06:50:48
The solution to this problem would be a dynamic IP service. As we have the a broadband router with 2 ISPs as well, one with fixed IP the other with dynamic IP, we use http://noip.com/ to update the active WAN IP. This works well.
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