I've got a draytek 2860, two internet connections, one highspeed 200mb, and one just a mere 14mb
I used fixed IP's for anything that is "office related" (10.0.0.*) , and force all mobiles etc through a different range (192.168.1.*)

I've then gone and used the routing rules (load balancing) to force all of the 10.0.0.* range through the high speed WAN2, and all mobiles through the lowspeed WAN1

I've also got a fixed range of hubs/routers/long range wifi items with fixed IP's

simple question
do I need to include the HUBS/routers/long range wifi items in either of the rules, or (simply put) "they do not connect to the WAN's so don't need to be included in the load balancing policies"

kevin

The network infrastructure isn't accessing the internet typically so won't be affected by your route policy rules.
The client devices should have their own IP so will have policy route rules applied separately from the wireless network they're connecting through.
The exception would be if any of the network infrastructure adds an additional layer of NAT, which would mask the IP of the client devices.

thanks,
thats what I've assumed,
I had considered moving all hubs to the 10.0.0.200-240 rang so I could exclude those from the rules, but seems not worth it.

I just posted asking if the 2862 can route different IPs to different DSL ports, I will delete the post because you have answered it here thank you

Do you mind if I ask a quick couple of question on your set up?...

- If one of your lines went down, can it then push *all* traffic via the working line? Kind of ignoring the rules in the event of a failure?
- I haven’t yet bought the router, but now will do based on your post - I am technical to a point but wanted to ask if your setup (which is exactly what I want to configure) is easy and straight forward to set up, or does it require command-line configuration?

Many thanks, cheers

as they say "no command lines were used in the making of this modem"
everything was done with the interface.

the system seems robust,
we also so the fail over to use the 3g modem just incase we lost the real line

All seems fine

kev

Thanks completerookie.

And what happens to the rules of it does failover to 3G, are they ignored?