technologies, depending upon the level of uptime needed for a particular site and whether or not there are any budgetary constraints. How does SD-WAN work? SD-WAN technology acts as an overlay spanning diverse communications infrastructure. It often resides in a SaaS application running on a public cloud. It can be centrally managed as control is decoupled from the hardware. A virtual private network (VPN) is typically set up across each WAN connection for security. Dual Internet Connections with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) This protocol enables you to connect to two different ISP providers via a single router or two different routers. BGP is a path-vector routing protocol. Just as Routing Information Protocol (RIP) selects the best route based on the hop count of data packets, BGP selects the best path based on the shortest Autonomous System (AS) path. BGP routing domains are identied by an autonomous system number (ASN). ASNs are regulated by the same entity that regulates IP addresses, the American Registry for Internet Numbers, better known as ARIN. Load Balancing Router Five Ways You Can Combine Multiple Internet Connections in Your Enterprise A load-balancing router is designed to combine different internet connections into a single large broadcast. A dual connection load-balancing device can be a good investment for small, medium, and large branch oces. How to set up a load balancing router: Begin by connecting modems to your router. This is done by attaching one end of the cable to an available internet port on your modem and the other on the router. Congure the load balancing router and enter the IP address of your network. Load balancing routers come with similar-looking pages. So, you can begin by clicking on the ‘Advanced’ tab on the router’s page to open the ‘Load Balancing’ tab. Uncheck the following: ‘Enable Application Optimized Routing’ ‘Enable Bandwidth Based Balance Routing’ Your load balancing router can now combine and distribute the wi- networks that are connected to it. Remember to save your settings. Bridge Connection Method
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