Two ISP connection settings

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Hello everyone,

I’ve got MikroTik RouterBOARD 1100 X2AH.
I also have two ISP and I want to use one ISP as primary for all network and the second ISP for backup (If the first ISP fails), but when the first ISP is working again to switch again.
I don’t really know how to use routes and I think this work better with a Script.
I’ve saw this http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Balancing_over_Multiple_Gateways, but I want primary ISP for all network, and the second one only in case of backup.

Thank you!

2

Hi,

you do not need LoadBalancing, you need failover.

Something like this:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Two_gateways_failover
or
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Advanced_Routing_Failover_without_Scripting

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When do you use load balancing using mikrotik routers?

Thanks a lot!

4

Well, in general you have 2 ISP links, and you wan to distribute traffic in some manner over these 2 links.
*One link for surfing and stuff, other for crucial traffic ( business related )

  • Keep internal users on 1, and infrastructure nodes on 2nd link
    *etc etc

There are a lot ideas, but only you can answer to your own question. Whats the ultimate goal you want to accomplish?