Verifying the secondary internet connection speed
Verifying the secondary internet connection speed
You can verify your secondary internet connection while keeping your main connection active.
Thanks for the response. It’s unclear what assistance you require, so I haven’t shared much. Essentially, I have two separate ISPs, each with its own modem, and they’re connected via another router. To test the second ISP’s speed, I usually turn off the first one, but I’m curious if there’s a method to check the secondary ISP without stopping the first one. Doing so would avoid any downtime that could disrupt my online services for clients.
It would be simple to connect a computer straight to the second ISP's modem and perform a speed test. Unless your settings use dynamic LAN IPs, you need to assign your computer's IPv4 address the fixed LAN address.
Simply disconnect the second ISP's Ethernet connection linking their modem to your router, then connect it to a device and perform a speed test.
It sounds like you're looking for a method to inspect ports on your server setup. You mentioned PfSense and wondered if it offers port-checking features.
You could also log into your router and turn off the port connected to the main device, then run a speed test, and come back after disabling it. This should work with a business-class router that offers that option. I’m not sure about PFsense, are you using that as your router?
I believe this approach could reduce the overall network speed or even stop it completely because the setup assumes one ISP takes over if another fails. For B, it seems to be handled differently since it's a less recognized provider. On PfSense yes, no—our configuration uses a MikroTik router as the main device and combines it with another system running Fail2ban. It’s quite straightforward. You’re wondering if there’s a way to monitor the secondary ISP remotely without taking the primary offline and risking downtime. Thanks for your help and suggestions!