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How to setup load balancing on Netgeat FVX538?

Asked by: plemax

I am having a problem with setting up load balancing on Netgear FVX538. I have two web servers that are running from two different ISP that connected to the router. So, if I activate LB without any protocol binding it works fine but it could drop an internet connection time to time for a few minutes while it switching between ISP which is not good. "Support" at Netgear advise me to use protocol binding to prevent that, but now I face a new problem. If I bind http to wan1 then my web server on wan2 is inaccessible from public IP. Ok, I sacrifice one web server that is not really public and will use it only on local network, but my wan1 web server is inaccessible as well. Remove binding - everything works fine for both servers but then I have that internet dropping problem. Any idea what do I do wrong and how to fix it?

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Answers

 

by: uetian1707Posted on 2008-07-18 at 01:01:25ID: 22033625

 

by: uetian1707Posted on 2008-07-18 at 01:02:25ID: 22033628

 

by: uetian1707Posted on 2008-07-18 at 01:10:27ID: 22033667

Sorry mistyped the link in wrong window. Check out the below link:

http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=8760

 

by: plemaxPosted on 2008-07-18 at 08:26:04ID: 22036810

I can google. Do you know how to fix my specific problem? Why does it drop internet connection if I don't setup load balancing? Why it blocks incoming traffic if I setup binding?

 

by: mwyattPosted on 2008-09-24 at 08:41:56ID: 22560863

Does the connection drop "permanently" when load balancing is applied, or does it eventually begin working for you?

 

by: plemaxPosted on 2008-11-07 at 09:23:39ID: 22906561

Connection was dropping for about 3 minuets and then it would come back. I called numbers of times to Netgear "support" and finally they told me that it is normal to experience connection interruption while router is switching from WAN1 to WAN2. So, I just sold this router.

 

by: mwyattPosted on 2008-11-07 at 10:53:23ID: 22907400

If you just sold the router, then my comments won't apply to you. But they may help others who search for a solution.

I have load balancing applied on my FVX538 v1 with firmware 3.0.3-17 (a newer firmware was just released, but I haven't applied it yet). WAN1 is a T1 and WAN2 is ASDL. Between load balance switching I get the same connection interruption you experienced. For that reason I may be selling this router soon, too. (Unless all LB routers have the same problem)

As for your original question, an older firmware could be the issue. But more likely some of the following may be to blame. The FVX538 web interface is not very intuitive. Perhaps an incorrect binding. For me "Source Network" is ANY and "Destination Network" is the static IP address of my server(s). Also maybe a "Firewall Rule" was setup funky on the router, maybe an "Inbound Rule" misconfigured?

Hard to tell since you no longer have the device...again maybe this will help someone else.

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