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Possible to use T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Gateway with Dual Wan setup?
Hola,
I am researching T-Mobile 5G Home Internet service before committing. Currently I am using a WiFi router that supports Dual Wan setup: i.e. Cable modem + some other internet connection (i.e. DSL or Fiber or T-Mobile 5G Home Internet) with fail over to second internet connection if one of two connections is down.
Can T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Gateway be used as second internet connection with Dual Wan capable Wi-Fi router? If so, how? Can T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Gateway act as i.e. Motorola cable modem plugged into Wi-Fi router Wan port?
Gracias
LogChain wrote:
#8c9491,
So if I understand you, you have now gotten your T-Mobile 5G gateway, shut off its wi-fi (double NAT), and successfully setup your Asus router for dual-wan with T-Mobile primary and Xfinity secondary. If so, have you tested the function by disconnecting T-Mobile, detecting failover to Xfinity, and then reconnecting T-Mobile to confirm fallback to T-Mobile? Are there any "tricks" to this setup? Gracias.
Yes, that's correct. WiFi is turned off on T-Mobile Gateway + it's connected to Asus RT-AX86U 2.5G port, Motorola cable modem for XFinity is connected to ASUS router Wan port. In Dual WAN setup T-Mobile is selected as main Wan, Xfinity as fail-over + fallback checkbox selected (using 5sec ping to google as connection check). When I disconnect T-Mobile Gateway form Asus router XFinity cable kicks in within 10sec, connecting T-Mobile Gateway back makes Asus to fallback to T-Mobile within 10sec.
#8c9491,
Thanks. I setup the Dual WAN option on my Asus router (RT-AX88U) yesterday--T-Mobile primary and AT&T DSL (3 Mbps down/0.8 Mbps up) secondary. It worked without issue! Now I have to decide whether a 3D/0.8U backup is worth $85/mo. 🤔
So I recently began using the Home Internet in conjunction with Spectrum Cable Internet. My Setup is as follows: I have both internet connections connected to a TP-Link ER605 Multi-WAN router. I have the settings set up with Load Balancing and Failover, with Spectrum as the Primary. This then runs to a TP-Link XE75 Pro Deco mesh router running in Access Point mode. I have no issues.
I live in a "Good" (according to the T-Mobile Modem) signal area. I usually get about 50mbps on my iPhone 13 ProMax when on the T-Mobile Cellular Network. I also have Spectrum Ultra which is 500/20, of which I usually max out at about 460 on downstream.
Here are how it is working for me: Regularly I get in the mid 600's downstream and about 26 upstream. I regularly get spikes in the 700's, but my peak speedtest was 1.2gbps with it bonded.
So far it is working good. I have even thought about, and I'm not sure if possible to add a second T-Mobile Home Internet to my account. I am interested because Spectrum Gig, while available runs slower for me than Spectrum Ultra (Only get 300mbps when I've went to Gig with them and they can't figure out why and I do have a DOCSIS 3.1 Arris modem), and would like to increase my speed a bit. The other option is just wait a little bit for The Red carrier to open up their home internet at my house (they are doing it street by street in my area) and bond the 3 connections together and have a fallback and never be offline.
Thank goodness I have been able to get it done today
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Thank you all for input. I am already using T-Mobile 5G gateway in Dual WAN mode with ASUS router with Xfinity being a failover connection.. 5G Gateway WiFi access point is disabled.
ZeroOveride wrote:
So I recently began using the Home Internet in conjunction with Spectrum Cable Internet. My Setup is as follows: I have both internet connections connected to a TP-Link ER605 Multi-WAN router. I have the settings set up with Load Balancing and Failover, with Spectrum as the Primary. This then runs to a TP-Link XE75 Pro Deco mesh router running in Access Point mode. I have no issues.
I live in a "Good" (according to the T-Mobile Modem) signal area. I usually get about 50mbps on my iPhone 13 ProMax when on the T-Mobile Cellular Network. I also have Spectrum Ultra which is 500/20, of which I usually max out at about 460 on downstream.
Here are how it is working for me: Regularly I get in the mid 600's downstream and about 26 upstream. I regularly get spikes in the 700's, but my peak speedtest was 1.2gbps with it bonded.
So far it is working good. I have even thought about, and I'm not sure if possible to add a second T-Mobile Home Internet to my account. I am interested because Spectrum Gig, while available runs slower for me than Spectrum Ultra (Only get 300mbps when I've went to Gig with them and they can't figure out why and I do have a DOCSIS 3.1 Arris modem), and would like to increase my speed a bit. The other option is just wait a little bit for The Red carrier to open up their home internet at my house (they are doing it street by street in my area) and bond the 3 connections together and have a fallback and never be offline.
@ZeroOveride - do you have anything on your network that requires port forwarding, security cameras, servers/software that you need to connect when you are outside of your home? I am looking at a similar setup using tp-link er7206 router with load balance and failover, curious if you are running into connection issues because of the double NAT created on the t-mobile portion of the connection.
if anyone else has any feedback on the setup please share.
it wasn't until after I signed up when I started to think back to when I had an xfinity gateway a long time ago that they gave trouble enabling various "simple" features. My fix to that was order a cable modem and run theirs back. Remembering that I began to research the t-mobile and realized I was running into the same situation again and doesn't sound like any fixes.
gracias
