Prefer one WAN interface over the other

Started by stanps, February 18, 2025, 07:31:36 PM

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Hey all!  Long time lurker, first time poster. :D

I have a question regarding how to prefer one WAN interface over the other.

I have 2 ISP's and one LAN.

I'll attach pics to show what I'll attempt to describe.

My i3 ISP is 1 gb up/down, and Spectrum is 500 mb up/down.  I'm TRYING to make traffic prefer i3 over Spectrum.

Gateway Configuration - i3 Priority = 25, Spectrum = 50.

Gateway Group - both Tier 1.

Firewall Shaper Pipes - 450 Mbit/s pipe and 850 Mbit/s pipe.

Firewall Shaper Queues - 450 MB Pipe with weight of 75 for Upload, 450 MB Pipe with weight of 100 for Download, 850 MB Pipe with weight of 75 for Upload, 850 MB Pipe with weight of 100 for Download.

Firewall Rules - i3 Download Rule using the 850 MB Download Queue, i3 Upload Rule using the 850 MB Upload Queue, Spectrum Download Rule using the 450 MB Download Queue, Spectrum Upload Rule using the 450 MB Upload Queue.

Firewall Shaper Status consistently shows the Spectrum connection getting more of the traffic, and I don't understand why.


March 01, 2025, 02:49:05 PM #2 Last Edit: March 01, 2025, 10:10:02 PM by stanps
Just to close the loop on this, if anyone is curious.

It turns out that I had to adjust my System > Gateway > Configuration items.  Specifically, Weight and Priority on each interface.  I had Priority correct, but  Weight was set opposite of what it should have been.

Hope this helps someone.
-S