Discussing the challenge of achieving fast load balancing
Discussing the challenge of achieving fast load balancing
load distribution depends on your setup. if you have two connections—one at 300mbps and another at 150—your devices will get what they need based on the available bandwidth. your printer, smart tv, and laptop should work fine with the 300mbps link, but the laptop might struggle with the slower connection. in a dual NAT scenario with a load balancer, speeds could be impacted if the router assigns traffic to the weaker link. it’s important to understand how network devices manage traffic and latency.
Relies on your router's load balancing configuration. Understand how it functions, particularly with your multi-WAN setup. Review the same video segment to see its relevance for policy routing. You can organize devices into groups and link them to specific WANs. Ideally, if your internet performance falls below the Deco's capacity, speeds should remain stable. At faster connections, you may encounter caps because each device on that WAN must interact with at least two firewalls. Setting a router in bridge/passthrough or AP mode frees CPU for other tasks. When multiple NAT layers are involved, issues can arise from frequent IP renewals (DHCP), conflicts if networks share the same subnet, and firewall complications (routing through WAN → first network → second). Unless you need mesh units in default AP mode behind a dual-WAN setup, stick with AP mode. I don't believe Deco and Omada work together at the moment, even though both are from TP-Link. Using them together may lead to trade-offs. Keep watching the video. Technically, proper policy routing ensures the selected WAN depends only on the client, not the AP it connects via. Check the Omada policy routing interface.
I have parental settings that must remain active. Using a router in bridge mode could affect them. The multi-wan router can work in bridge mode too. On YouTube, searching for setup tips or router configurations often leads to useful content, not just empty videos.
If the TP-Link multi-WAN router has such a mode, that would be a silly mode to have. You'd essentially be turning it into a switch, unless it has the ability to keep all of it's advanced features (such as load balancing). These multi-WAN routers are purpose-built for small business applications that have specific needs. There's no need to have "alternate modes". But why don't you examine the router's interface yourself? I'm assuming you have one of TP-Link's multi-WAN routers. This is where marrying home user functions and business functions don't always go hand in hand. Deco is meant for home use. So no surprise that it comes with parental controls that can be managed in the app. Multi-WAN routers are intended for business or advanced home setups where you're likely to have other ways of content filtering and restrictions. In this specific situation, I couldn't find "parental controls" in the TP-Link emulator for the ER605. If you need both dual-WAN and parental controls with what you have now, then I guess that justifies multiple layers of NAT. I suggest you try the configuration and see if there are any issues to be concerned about at all. What I think you need here is a multi-WAN mesh home WiFi system. Unfortunately, I don't think TP-Link carries this kind of system. Even the new Archer BE800 with its dual 10Gb LAN/WAN ports will only use 1 for WAN. You'll more likely see these kind of features with Asus/AiMesh and Synology hardware. I subscribe to that channel and recalled seeing that video.