TP-Link TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router

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Rs. 4250 on Amazon today

This arrived today and seems to be working fine. Though I realized the mistake soon enough. Ethernet ports in the front means that it is not really suited for home use. Designed for server racks. I have somehow managed to fit it under the table where it is not causing much of a mess. Still... Consider the lower end model (TP-Link TL-R470T+) which is probably a better model for home use.

I have configured it to switch from Excitel to Airtel when Excitel drops. If I take the Excitel cable out, switchover is instant. I have not any chance to see how long it takes when Excitel disappears from the backend. Nishant has the R470 model and he told me that it takes less than 10 seconds. Would post when I experience a downtime while I am sitting on the PC.

User interface of the load balancer backend is simple to understand. Performance seems to be good too. One major issue is that the ethernet ports are not gigabit so if your ISP is offering you 100mbps+ connectivity, these are not going to work for you. So this model is definitely not future proof.
 
Take mine at 50% 😀 TP-Link is shit. I would buy Ubiquity ER-X if someone takes TP-Link from me 😀

I mean it does work 99% of the times. My only problem is that sometimes it switches to Airtel (from Excitel) and does not switch back even after Excitel is back. So I have to restart the thing (or reconnect Excitel manually). This way I have ended up consuming Airtel data even when Excitel was working. Which results in FUPed Airtel during the second half of the month and if Excitel does go down for many hours... It becomes painful. But it does work most of the times just fine.
 
@Sushubh Is there any way we could do auto-power restart in the router itself?

If TP-Link has this settings? Checked?
 
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this particular model does not have any auto restart feature. you can manually reboot as the image above shows. my mi router does have an option where i can set it to restart itself at any specific time of the day.
 
That should work. In my case, the load balancer itself connects to Excitel. Airtel has its own router. So I have to reconnect Excitel from load balancer backend or restart load balancer again from its own backend.
 


Okay. So I will have to make a habbit of restarting Load Balancer myself once a day or twice.
 
Any 1 can Suggest which model to buy Excitel is PainIAs
Airtel FuPed

how to get international router to india?

any1 sharing cost shipping we can divide 50%
 

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