I guess my ISP uses some subpar hardware because the connection keeps dropping at peak hours. I want to implement a failover system without having to buy some expensive router which I would not be able to justify with my normal usage.

Wanted to know some other ways how people do it .

  • taxigrandpa@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    try increasing your speed. we had an issue once like this, turns out one of our systems was flooding the connection and it would reset. Once we increased the speed the bottleneck went away and it quit happening

    • uvish66@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have a pretty minimal setup , Few smart devices , phones, computers and a desktop server. I don’t think of any of those devices creating issues.

  • Giannis_Dor@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    get a mikrotik they are good for the price and setup recursive routing so what I’m using right now is 2 wans or you could use 1 wan and 1 4g or plug a phone on the usb port and turn on usb tethering so basically recursive routing checks if a host is up on a line say isp 1 pings to see if 1.1.1.1 is up if not switch to isp 2 isp 1 is my own line and isp 2 is my apartment’s shared internet connection that has unstable speeds but for failover, it’s better than nothing

  • auron_py@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got two ISP connections that go to a Juniper SRX300, this is totally unnecessary and overkill but I got the router for free from work (I actually have a few of them).

  • MrJacks0n@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a cheap hotspot that I use for fail over of a couple things like home automation and remote access. Not enough data to do a full fail over but keeping a couple things going is enough.

  • murdaBot@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got a dual-wan UXG-Pro and am lucky enough to have two 1Gbps providers (fiber + cable), plus an employer who reimburses me for both. I have a small wired T-Mobile LTE MiFi device as backup, but never needed it. ($20 a month + usage over 2GB)

  • JLee50@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    5gbps fiber and then a 5G business internet backup failover via UniFi UDM-Pro, all on UPS with a standby Generac. We can take a power and ISP outage simultaneously and have a second or so connectivity hiccup.

  • _EuroTrash_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Main fiber link with one ISP and cable modem with a different ISP. I’m lucky enough to live at an intersection where both options are available - and the two links are literally buried under two different roads.