NETGEAR UTM5EW-100NAS, STM150EW-100NAS manual Configure Load Balancing Multiple WAN Port Models

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Configure Load Balancing (Multiple WAN Port Models)

To configure load balancing:

1.Select Network Config > WAN Settings > WAN Mode. The WAN Mode screen displays:

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Note: You cannot configure load balancing when you use a PPPoE connection and have selected the Idle Timeout radio button on the WAN ISP Settings screen (single WAN port models) or on one of the WAN ISP Settings screens (multiple WAN port models); to use load balancing on a PPPoE connection, select the Keep Connected radio button. For more information, see Figure 41 on page 76 and the accompanying PPPoE information in Table 14 on page 76.

2.In the Load Balancing Settings section of the screen, configure the following settings:

a.Select the Load Balancing Mode radio button.

b.From the corresponding drop-down list on the right, select one of the following load balancing methods:

•Weighted LB. With weighted load balancing, balance weights are calculated based on WAN link speed and available WAN bandwidth. This is the default setting and the most efficient load-balancing algorithm.

•Round-robin. With round-robin load balancing, new traffic connections are sent over a WAN link in a serial method irrespective of bandwidth or link speed. For example on a UTM150, if the WAN1, WAN2, and WAN3 interfaces are active in round-robin load balancing mode, an HTTP request could first be sent over the WAN1 interface, then a new FTP session could start on the WAN2 interface, and then any new connection to the Internet could be made on the WAN3 interface.

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