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ETH4 as 2nd EWAN IPoE port?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:28 pm
by jasonmfarrow
Hi All,
Does anyone know of a way to configure one of the four standard Ethernet ports, say Eth4, as a second EWAN/IPoE port?
I have FTTP and use the EWAN port connection to my Virgin Media modem. I have a second 4G modem for backup (which also provides EWAN connectivity) and I'd like to use this in a spare Ethernet port as a back up and have it failover to that port if the main EWAN/ETH5 port suffers a failure.
It's the automated failover I'm most interested in as otherwise I have to swap ethernet cables in EWAN/Eth5 in the event of failure or fail-back.
Can this be done?
Re: ETH4 as 2nd EWAN IPoE port?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:59 pm
by billion_fan
jasonmfarrow wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:28 pm
Hi All,
Does anyone know of a way to configure one of the four standard Ethernet ports, say Eth4, as a second EWAN/IPoE port?
I have FTTP and use the EWAN port connection to my Virgin Media modem. I have a second 4G modem for backup (which also provides EWAN connectivity) and I'd like to use this in a spare Ethernet port as a back up and have it failover to that port if the main EWAN/ETH5 port suffers a failure.
It's the automated failover I'm most interested in as otherwise I have to swap ethernet cables in EWAN/Eth5 in the event of failure or fail-back.
Can this be done?
Can't be done (no failover/fallback option between two ETH WAN's within the web gui)
Re: ETH4 as 2nd EWAN IPoE port?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:11 pm
by jasonmfarrow
Thank you Billion_fan.
What would be the best billion replacement (for my 8900 AX2400) that would provide FTTP/EWAN and 4G/5G as failover without needing a dongle of any kind? A 5500 or 4520 sounds interesting but they don't appear available anywhere and don't have the multiple wireless SSID support that I'm currently using.
Cheers.
Re: ETH4 as 2nd EWAN IPoE port?
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:41 am
by billion_fan
jasonmfarrow wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:11 pm
Thank you Billion_fan.
What would be the best billion replacement (for my 8900 AX2400) that would provide FTTP/EWAN and 4G/5G as failover without needing a dongle of any kind? A 5500 or 4520 sounds interesting but they don't appear available anywhere and don't have the multiple wireless SSID support that I'm currently using.
Cheers.
The 5500A does support multiple SSID's, and EWAN failover to 5G via sim card, see attached screen shots,
I am checking with our engineers about group isolation for multiple SSID's/LAN while still working off the failover/fallback connection.