TP-Link Tl-R470T+ Single_Band Load Balance Broadband Business Router with Up to 4 Wan Ports, Pppoe Server, Advanced Qos and Strong Firewall

Works well with well balanced Dual WAN
First, I reall wished to buy a gigabit WAN router for future proofing but all ISPs commonly have a 100mbps max connection speed. My home of office LAN is all with gigabit Ethernet.This router is well made, solid metal build. Setup was a breeze. I’m using this with one static IP connection & the second with a PPPoE ISP. With load balancing that helps bandwidth aggregation. Works well without any packet loss.Recieved a newly made product dated April 2019 V6.0 but firmware updates ended until June 2018.Will post a follow up review a month later.Update: (June 2020) a year later…..Recently recieved a 2020 firmware update last month. Router has been very functional and link aggregation has been working great. I’ve been using Airtel xstream, ACT Fibernet & Excell broadband with different protocols each like DHCP, PPPoE & Static IP configurations. Only drawback is that the link speed limit is only 100mbps which isn’t helpful for future use if I get a faster internet plan ( 50+40+40mbps currently).I can recommend this router for internet users who don’t have current plans of not greater than 25-40mbps.

Excellent Product, BAD SUPPLIER
All, Couple of thoughts, I would like to share on this product.1. Excellent Product, but needs basic to intermediate level networking knowledge to customize to your requirement. GUI is very easy to use for standard load balancing algorithms. in my case i have a high-speed internet connect and a 4G+ router, so i need my 4G+ connect to be used only when my primary connect goes down due to latency and pile size. but I was not able to configure that with standard options.I used policy based routing to get this setup and removed all the load balancing rules i created.2. Bad Supplier – i had to order this and return and order again. twice I had to order and both the times i got broken box, first time the device and items inside the box was haphazard – i was sure it was used product. Amazon need to take of these issue – i had no patience 2nd time to send it back and wait for 2 more days – so I accepted the product. i have Pics if you need

Product Good
Product GoodBut transportation is late

Must have for Multiple ISP Connections at home or small office
TLDR one-line review: If you have or want multiple ISP Broadband at home and want automatic failover when one link fails, this device is your answer.The rest is going to be a rather long review. It is meant for techies. I advise everyone to read so as to understand WHAT THE HELL is this device. I need to explain my setup for this and why this device was required.Preamble=======First, have a look at my SOHO network map diagram (last pic). I have a lot of devices AND I PREFER WIRED ETHERNET network. Earlier I had Airtel Xtreme Fibre connection ₹799/mo plan, 100 Mbps Down/Up. Then one day the network went down and was off for 5 days consecutive. I am an IT contractor working from home and for those 5 days, I had to work from my in-laws’ home because I paid by the days I work. It was then I decided that I need a backup. So I applied for BSNL FTTH (100 MBps plan) and it was installed. Now, my next question was how to do automatic failover. How to do load balancing (not that I needed that)? Can I combine the two ISPs to get more speed? I research and I got the answer – Tp-Link Omada ER-605 Gigabitt Multiwan router.THE GOODIES===========1. Gigabit is a must otherwise network speed above 100 Mbps is curtailed. Check.2. The router must be able to connect to at least 2 ISPs. This one has one dedicated WAN port and four more RJ-45 ports, 2 of which can be configured as WAN. In addition, it can accept a USB modem with SIM, etc. Check.3. It can do automatic failover. Check.4. It can do load balancing. Check.5. It can distribute internet connection and thereby upping the speed in theory. But note that it won’t combine the two 100 Mbps plan into a 200 Mbps circuit. So there.6. It can do MAC-ID based address reservation (assign static IP to certain devices). I have assigned static IP to my Linksys Wifi Repeater/Extender, NAS and Brother Laser Printer. Check.I have connected the devices as follows:a) Airtel Xtreme Router ==> ER-605b) BSNL FTTH Router ==> ER-605c) ER605 ==> Netgear Gigabit Switchd) Netgear Gigabit Switch to Home Ethernet Network.Now I am fully satisfied. I tested all features including link failure (I popped out the input cable from ER-605). Happy to report everything worked fine.HOWEVER …==========There is always a however, isn’t it?1. First of all the ER-605 must be configured and setup.2. By default only one WAN port is enabled. We must enable the other WAN ports.3. You must set up and enable Load Balancing, define the primary link and secondary link and Failover (Enable backup link when any primary WAN fails).4. The default router address is 192.168.0.1. You may need to change it. I had to change it to 192.168.1.1 because my existing devices, especially the printer were with static IPs in 192.168.1.xxx. This is done from ER-605 page –> Network –> LAN5. You will most certainly have to change the LAP IP address of the ISP routers on a different subnet; if you don’t you can never access them. I changed the LAN IP address of the Airtel router to 192.168.0.1 and the BSNL router to 192.168.2.1.- Now I can access ER-605 via http://192.168.1.1- To reach the Airtel router I type http://192.168.0.1 in the browser- It is http://192.168.2.1 for BSNL routerIt takes time and patience. As usual router box does not contain a guide (cost cutting, green initiative and all that). The online manual is confusing and even misleading at times. I had to depend upon YouTube videos even though I am fairly competent at Networking and setup (my full home network is set up by me).Some basic setups for Load Balancing and Failover=======================================1. Log in to the ER-605 page (https://192.168.0.1; I changed this and for me it is 192.168.1.1)2. Network –> WAN. WAN port is already enabled. Enable the second WAN1 port. Connect the second ISP router to this port. Router will reboot.3. Click Transmission –> Load Balancing… a) Basic Settings Tab: Check the “Enable Load Balancing” option only. Leave all others unchecked…. b) Link Backup Tab: Create a rule and select Primary and Secondary connections. For me, it was WAN = Primary, WAN/LAN1 = Secondary/Backup. Mode = Failover(Enable backup link when all primary WANs fail). Enable Check box = Ticked…. c) Online Detection Tab: You will see both WANs. Click on the edit icon of each and set Mode = Auto for both. (For some weird reason, it was setup to “Always Online”).

É preciso gerir bem, mas é um equipamento bem funcional e melhor que a geração anterior (10/100)

Estoy utilizando este Ruter para sumar la velocidad del internet proveniente de dos proveedores distintos, solo requirió algunos ajustes menores para funcionar como lo quería