I'm currently attempting to setup a Dual WAN Setup at our house with Failover and specific routing policies.
ISP 1: 800/800 (frequent downtime)
ISP 2: 500/500 (more stable)
Router: ASUS AC86U
The router we purchased advertises Dual WAN capability but simply doesn't work.
I'm looking to get a Mikrotik Router and configure it to use the two ISP connections and was wondering which one to get for my desired setup with the ff. requirements
- Fast Failover for the two ISPs (ISP 1 is the primary, ISP 2 when ISP 1 goes down)
- Route specific computers/devices to use ISP 2 only, and have them failover to ISP 1 only when ISP 2 goes down
We don't have any other special requirements for our network (no VPN, no VLANs). Maybe a PiHole in the future running off of a raspberry Pi but that's it.
For these requirements, I dont know if the MikroTik RB750Gr3 HEX GR3 is enough for the two connections in terms of its power.
Would using my Asus Router as the main router for DHCP, QoS and use the Mikrotik Router only to handle the failover alleviate the requirement from the Mikrotik unit? Though I believe i wont be able to route specific devices for ISP 2 only if that was the case.
I'm also amenable to just using a Mikrotik Router as the primary router for everything but I suspect I'll be needing a much higher end one like the MikroTik RB5009 which i'm also open to getting.
My only apprehension is that I dont know anything about networking and the interface for setting up á mikrotik router to handle everything is daunting to me.
Looking for suggestions on the best way to go, and which unit would best fit my requirements.