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ER605 prefers secondary wan on reboot
ER605 prefers secondary wan on reboot
2022-11-29 01:39:46 - last edited 2022-12-01 05:50:07
Model: ER605 (TL-R605)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.0.0 Build 20220106 Rel.56391

I have a new ER605 configured to fail over to secondary wan when primary is offline.  

 

My Primary ISP is spectrum cable and I have a netgear LM1200 cellular modem (ethernet) as WAN1 (secondary)

 

Seems to be pretty easily reproducable, but when I reboot my router, everything reboots as normal, both WAN links show ONLINE, but speedtests reveal that I am connected through AT&T (cellular) and only receiving 20Mbps down.  If I disconnect my secondary in the GUI, spectrum will work until the secondary is reconnected.  I have to physically unplug my LTE modem and power cycle before it will fix the priority issue

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2022-12-01 00:28:24 - last edited 2022-12-01 05:50:07

  @Virgo 

 

Your response gave me something to look into. Apparently I have to select 'enable load balance'

 

You would think the UI would warn me of this since I have 2 Wans AND configured failover rules. Probably an opportunity for improvement here

 

Here's the article in case someone else sees this

 

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/2133/

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Re:ER605 prefers secondary wan on reboot
2022-11-30 09:00:04

  @wisem2540 

 

Are you managing this with a controller?
How exactly is it set up? Can you provide a screenshot to show this?
Normally, if you set it correctly, one WAN should be offline.

Just striving to develop myself while helping others.
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Re:ER605 prefers secondary wan on reboot
2022-11-30 13:24:54

Virgo wrote

  @wisem2540 

 

Are you managing this with a controller?
How exactly is it set up? Can you provide a screenshot to show this?
Normally, if you set it correctly, one WAN should be offline.

  @Virgo 

Thanks so much for your reply. I'm sorry that I did not include more details. I do not have a controller, I'm simply managing everything through the router's web interface

 

I have the backup link tab configured to fail over to the secondary wan when the primary wan shows offline. I'm attaching a screenshot of that. In the 'online detection' ​​​tab, I have them both set to automatic, and they both show online

 

 

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2022-12-01 00:28:24 - last edited 2022-12-01 05:50:07

  @Virgo 

 

Your response gave me something to look into. Apparently I have to select 'enable load balance'

 

You would think the UI would warn me of this since I have 2 Wans AND configured failover rules. Probably an opportunity for improvement here

 

Here's the article in case someone else sees this

 

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/2133/

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