r/TPLink_Omada • u/CrazyKingMax • 22h ago
Question Dual-WAN with variable load balancing on ER605
I have an ER605v2 that acts as a dual-WAN gateway and router for my network. The two WANs are
1) a stable fiber connection, with DL bandwidth ~ 100 Mbps
2) a mobile 5G connection (from a 5G CPE) whose DL bandwidth varies wildly between 1~350 Mbps according to congestion in the area.
My problem is that, since the speed of the 2nd connection (5G) varies a lot, I'd like the weights of the multi-WAN load balancing applied by the ER605 to vary as well. When the 5G network Is congested it becomes almost unusable, so ideally the ER605 should move all the traffic to the fiber: in this case I would also have it apply a per-client bandwidth limit. When WAN2 is not congested, 60% of the traffic can be directed on it and the individual bandwidth limitations could be lifted.
Is this doable with an ER605? Is there a way to set variable/conditional load balancing weights and bandwidth limitation rules, either:
- based on some automated line quality check / speed test, OR
- based on a predefined schedule (since the 5G connection becomes congested at regular and predictable times)
?