Deco M5 with 2 ISP's via a load balancer
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Deco M5 with 2 ISP's via a load balancer
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Help! I am out of my depth.
I live in the country with limited broadband bandwidth and came up with a plan to ease the problem. I have got a second broadband line into our property and purchased a load balancer - the TP Link TL-R480T+ to connect my existing Deco M5 to.
It sounds easy and a good concept but it has expose my very limited networking knowledge.I have attached a sketch of the setup. I want to maintain the Deco M5 as the primary router because of all the controls I get with it.
At present there are multiple devices on the network all with default IP addresses and DHCP enabled by default. I have tried various changes and setups but cannot get the system to work hence this call for help.
What I need help with is understanding what to do for each device:
1. The ISP supplied routers - need to use them as bridges only - disable WiFi and DHCP - what IP address to use?
2. The load balancer - again turn off DHCP, what IP address setup? Will it get it from the Deco M5?
3. The Deco M5 router - should I assign static IP addresses to the other devices?
Thanks in advance.
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Help! I am out of my depth.
I live in the country with limited broadband bandwidth and came up with a plan to ease the problem. I have got a second broadband line into our property and purchased a load balancer - the TP Link TL-R480T+ to connect my existing Deco M5 to.
It sounds easy and a good concept but it has expose my very limited networking knowledge.I have attached a sketch of the setup. I want to maintain the Deco M5 as the primary router because of all the controls I get with it.
At present there are multiple devices on the network all with default IP addresses and DHCP enabled by default. I have tried various changes and setups but cannot get the system to work hence this call for help.
What I need help with is understanding what to do for each device:
1. The ISP supplied routers - need to use them as bridges only - disable WiFi and DHCP - what IP address to use?
2. The load balancer - again turn off DHCP, what IP address setup? Will it get it from the Deco M5?
3. The Deco M5 router - should I assign static IP addresses to the other devices?
Thanks in advance.
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