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basic-network [2024/02/19 10:43] – [WAN(x) Settings] rs232 | basic-network [2024/02/21 17:54] (current) – [WAN(x) Settings] -clarify Load Balance Weight and add OOO explanation hogwild | ||
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- | **Load Balance Weight: | + | \\ |
- | {{:pasted: | + | **Load Balance Weight: **This option is** **visible only when number of WANs > 1. It can be set between 0 and 256.\\ |
- | A very important concept to digest when setting up your device | + | {{: |
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- | Load Balance Weight: 0\\ | + | When configuring a router |
- | Does not actively route traffic | + | |
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- | Load Balance Weight: 1\\ | + | |
- | Any value higher than 0 makes the interface actively routing packets. A weight of 1 doesn' | + | Let's assume we have 2 WANs, as follows: |
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- | Load Balance Weight: 5\\ | + | WAN0=" |
- | An interface set with e.g. weight 5 would essentially handle 5 new sessions before any other interface is to be used.\\ | + | |
- | \\ | + | WAN1=" |
- | In a practical example let's say we have 3WANs:\\ | + | |
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- | WAN0 = weight 0\\ | + | |
- | WAN1 = weight 1\\ | + | |
- | WAN2 = weight 5\\ | + | |
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- | In this scenario WAN0 is to be used only if both WAN1 and WAN2 are both in failed state (can't route packets). WAN1 will handle the very 1st LAN client new session going through the router, where WAN2 is to handle the 2nd, | + | |
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- | A very important | + | At some point, WAN1 fails. As soon as this failure is noticed, WAN0 will activate (assigned with weight 1) and begin routing packets. Later, WAN1 recovers its connectivity. As soon as FreshTomato recognizes this, (within seconds or minutes), WAN0 will be set back to idle status while traffic is rerouted through the revived WAN1. This process of recovering back to the originally active interface is called // |
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* This is usually only for advanced users. \\ \\ | * This is usually only for advanced users. \\ \\ | ||
- | **Shared Key: | + | **Shared Key: |
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- | **Group Key Renewal: | + | |
- | Starting with release 2023.5 | + | **Group Key Renewal: |
- | 1 sec up to 2592000 sec [for mips RT-N / mips-RT-AC and all ARM routers] | + | |
- | 0 => disabled | + | |
- | Releases up to 2023.4 can adjust | + | Starting with release |
- | 60 sec up to 7200 sec [all routers] | + | |
+ | In releases up to 2023.4, you can set this within the following limits: 60 sec to 7200 sec [all routers] | ||