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Draytek 2860 load balancing

I have a Draytek 2860 with two fttc WAN connections. Almost all traffic seems to be going out over the WAN1 connection and practically nothing over the WAN2 connection. I've setup both connections to handle any traffic.

In WAN - General Setup, I have ticked load balancing for both WANs

Any ideas, lots of bandwidth going to waste and I'd like Draytek to load balance based on volume of traffic at any time.

Thanks

Steve

Have you set line speeds for both WANs?
in the most used configuration, load balancing only really occurs on the Drayteks when you get close to the line speed of the first.
More of a failover than a load-balance really.

See this link for exampes on how Draytek interpret the words 'load-balance'
http://www.draytek.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5181&Itemid=293&lang=en

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Steve

Isnt that what the link i provided suggested?
Those Drayteks dont loadbalance in the traditional sense of the word. Its more of a failover than a load balance. The link advises how to force specific traffic down a specific line which allows you to manually load balance your traffic.

CharAp

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The link provided does indeed give the answer. Your original solution didn't mention that solution itself but referred to setting line speeds. I'll leave it to the Mods to decide.