TP-Link Load Balance Broadband Router (TL-R480T+)

Our rural location has lots of mountains, tall trees, wild berries and wildlife, but no broadband Internet service. We started with an AT&T/Netgear 4G LTE hotspot, but that had data limits which we exceeded. We added satellite-based Internet services HughesNet and Viasat - but they both have data limits and they have extreme upstream/upload latency issues relative to our real-time data needs. Finally, we added a local DSL service that is limited to about 500kBPS. That's four ISP sources and none of them performed well for us... The TP-Link Load Balance Broadband Router was the last option remaining for improving our total data capacity (by aggregation across all four provider services) and improving our real-time data performance which includes significant upstream transmission where low latency matters. Installation and setup were relatively easy; no surprises. I'm a 100% self-taught IT guy, with no professional training. The hardest part was figuring out that there were IP address conflicts between the four ISP modems on the WAN side; once I resolved the IP address conflicts between the two satellite services, the 4G LTE hotspot and the DSL modem, the system worked and the results were a great improvement for us overall. Long story short: Without the TP-Link Load Balance Broadband Router, we would not have been able to fully function in spite of having FOUR "high speed Internet" service providers. With this device, which distributes the traffic intelligently across all four ISP's, latency is reduced and aggregate data capacity is achieved, which helps us avoid data limit throttles, additional fees, or even service suspension imposed by the ISP's for data usage. We appreciate the product and the people behind it; glad we decided to buy it.

Was easy to install in the instructions were easy to understand.

Solo tiene capacidad para 100mb/s

I now have three separate Internet lines to from sky and one from talk talk connected into this route. For this to work I took the standard sky and talk talk routers that they supplied and connect them to the respective phone lines by their filters. Each of these routers the two sky and the talk talk required their subnet IP addresses changed to be unique. Thus there were typically 192.16 8.4.1 I simply connected a standard patch cable from the LAN of each of the routers into one of the ports of the load balancer. In configuring the load balancer one had to change each of the LAN points to be a WAN point. As well as give the load balancer its own subnet IP address which in fact I left as default. I then connected its WAN port to my main network switch and from there of course all the computers are attached. The key point for me was having to discover that the routers of sky and talk talk required their IP addresses and subnet addresses to be changed to be different to my load balancer. Once this works traffic was being rooted through the three separate broadband lines that I had. While this did not increase the speed on speed test because of course they are not bonded . An analogy here is that one adds extra two lanes to a motorway which allows more cars to travel along but still they are limited to 70 miles an hour. The fail safe certainly works if I am plug one of the broadband connectors then I still have Internet connection. I do not think there is a way that one can increase the speed from a single computer by bonding the broadband connections in the UK. Nevertheless the product worked out of the box and had it working in about 30 minutes. A very cheap and practical solution.

Adquiri para fazer failover entre dois links de internet, para evitar quedas durante o trabalho remoto.. Mas ele ainda consegue balancear bem entre os dois links a ponto de não sobrecarregar nenhum. Único contra, no caso deste anuncio, é que parecia ser da versão R480 pela foto, mas na verdade foi entregue o R470. Mas para a minha necessidade está suficiente e o preço também foi compatível. Bom Custo beneficio, considerando que é possível fazer o balanceamento manual, mas requer muitos conhecimentos avançados de rede e sistemas operacionais, mas com esse aparelho é praticamente "plugar e usar". Recomendo o produto (TL-R470T+)

Product is working as advertised which is an entry level load balancer router which support multiple WAN. Solid performance and able to reach the advertised NAT throughput constantly.

Estoy utilizando este Ruter para sumar la velocidad del internet proveniente de dos proveedores distintos, solo requirió algunos ajustes menores para funcionar como lo quería

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