https://rfcorner.in/tags/backup-internet/Recent content in Backup Internet on Dhiru's NotebookHugoenSat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rfcorner.in/posts/repeatable-sensible-dual-wan-failover/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rfcorner.in/posts/repeatable-sensible-dual-wan-failover/<p>In <a href="https://rfcorner.in/posts/easy-dual-wan-failover/">my previous Dual-WAN failover article</a>, I moved from a TP-Link ER605 (slowest device ever) to a MikroTik hEX S. That setup worked, but it also sent me down the usual rabbit hole of buying increasingly specialised router hardware for a problem which does not actually need it.</p> <blockquote> <p>Repeatable infrastructure should depend on open networking standards and replaceable commodity hardware, not a particular router model, vendor GUI, or temporarily available development board.</p>https://rfcorner.in/posts/easy-dual-wan-failover/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rfcorner.in/posts/easy-dual-wan-failover/<h2 id="initial-setup">Initial setup</h2> <p>Initially, I had set up a TP-Link ER605 (TL-R605) V2 router to handle the dual WANs - on paper, it checked all the boxes: load balancing, failover, and a relatively affordable price point. But in practice, it turned out to be a frustrating experience.</p> <p>The biggest issue was how excruciatingly slow the device was to boot and handle failover. In a setup where uptime actually matters, waiting around for the router to recover or switch links defeats the whole purpose of having redundancy in the first place. Failover should feel seamless - this felt anything but.</p>