How did you put good use to 2 X 1Gbps ?

[TanKianW]

Is my scenario possible? I have 1+1 and ax6000 asus as my primary router. Connecting 2.5 lan port into a unmanaged switch and then that switch is connect to 2 pc, 1 laptop. Is it possible to use 1 fiber line and configure into 1 pc, and the rest in the other line including wifi? Or that cant be done via dual wan load balancing?

The use case (scenario) you had in mind is achievable, but not with your current network appliances.​

 

[jheff21]

Short answer. No.

Kind of figured that out but just trying my chances.

 

[xiaofan]

Is my scenario possible? I have 1+1 and ax6000 asus as my primary router. Connecting 2.5 lan port into a unmanaged switch and then that switch is connect to 2 pc, 1 laptop. Is it possible to use 1 fiber line and configure into 1 pc, and the rest in the other line including wifi? Or that cant be done via dual wan load balancing?

Are you asking is it possible that one PC will use one WAN connection (1Gbps bandwidth) and the other devices will use the other WAN connection (another 1Gbps)? Basically this is what the ISP's original intention for the 1+1 Gbps plan with two seperate routers, but you want to achieve the goal with single router like Asus ROG GT-AX6000. Right?

Please read the following Asus FAQ to see if the following is what you want. You can configure routing rules for the PC to use first WAN connection (first step, easy) and then configure all the other devices to use the second WAN connections. The second step may be a bit tedious as you have to do it one by one. Hopefully you do not have more than 64 devices as the number of rules are only up to 64.

Asus FAQ: [Wireless Router] Dual WAN introduction and setup - Failover and Load Balance
https://www.asus.com/sg/support/faq/1011719/

While enabling the Load Balance Mode, you can distribute the load between the Primary WAN and Secondary WAN. In this mode, you can also configure a particular device to use either the Primary or Secondary WAN.

For example, you can configure your game console connected to your local network to use the primary WAN and the smart phone to use the secondary WAN. Additionally, you get more options to route requests through either the Primary or Secondary WAN.

By enabling routing rules and adding rules appropriately, you can route requests from a particular device through the Primary WAN or Secondary WAN.

 

[jheff21]

Oh wow @xiaofan Thanks for this. It is something to try out. Didn't realize there is a possibility.

 

[TanKianW]

Oh wow @xiaofan Thanks for this. It is something to try out. Didn't realize there was a possibility.

Give this a try and share your experiences. Several forumers had also query about such use cases. If it work well, it will help majority using an Asus router.​

 

[jheff21]

Okay I was able to test this. Note that my internet connection isn't 1+1 yet because I'm not yet in my new house. But I tested this one using my 1gbps M1 and via USB mobile tethering. Because anyway the principle should be the same.

Pre-steps is two check the ISP IP vs the mobile data IP. I checked it via https:// whatismyipaddress . com/
By right, the IP addresses should be different. This is very important to check whether I was on the right track later in the testing.

So going to the DUAL WAN page settings in my Asus Router (rt-ax88u), I set my USB Tether as Primary WAN, my M1 as secondary WAN.

i checked the IP of my pc and my other Mobile device via (S24 Ultra) and set its ip in the routing rules section. Both are connected to the Primary WAN. Reason being is that my usb tether is locked to 4g so i can check the speed as well to determine whether it is working..

I apply and tested. So far my pc and s24 ultra when i check whatismyipaddress, both are showing the ip address of the usb tether (Primary WAN) Speedtest also is around 100+ Mbps which means it's using USB Tether (Primary WAN).

I connected via wifi an ip13pm and s8 tab, checking whatismyipaddress shows the IP address of my ISP (M1 1gbps) and speedtest is above 500+.

I'm quite happy with this testing because it appears to me that using routing rules should be quite simple. This is just my first testing though. I would like to see still once I have my 1+1 but i guess this should work.

My use case is that 2 of my pc connected via LAN is in 1 line, then all other connected devices should be in another line. I need to ensure that the IP of my PC should not change. This is still something I'm exploring coz...i'm noob. Hope the above helps and the experts can add on in my experiment.

PS. As I type this in my PC, this is still connected to the USB Tether primary WAN.