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Lan3y182

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Looking for help on the easiest way to use fttc as gaming only for all devices

currently have three 5g BB but latency is a real issue so i will also be ordering an fttc connection just for gaming use

what is the easiest way to set this up

i'd rather avoid having 2 nics in each PC etc if possible
 
What router do you have and is it dual WAN with line balancing, do you know the ports being used during gaming.
 
What router do you have and is it dual WAN with line balancing, do you know the ports being used during gaming.
Currently use the zyxel 3 router and whichever the isp sends when i sign upto fttc, im thinking PFsense seems the best option so far
 
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I run a Dual Wan Draytek connecting to two 4G routers but one is shortly to be FTTP. Using routing rules I direct surfing traffic on posts 80 and 443 to the Wan with the better response time, downloads use both. PFsense and Opnsense will both do this as long as they are on the right box with minimum of 3 sockets, 2 WAN and 1 LAN connected to a switch for local network distribution. But you have to know the ports the games use for the routing rules.
 
If it’s dedicated machines for gaming (ie Xbox, PlayStation etc) then you could also use a dedicated VLAN for those machines and route that traffic to a dedicated WAN connection.
 
@Lan3y182

Just as a matter of interest, once you have FTTP why would you retain further WAN options (except as a backup)?

Depending on what FTTC speed you sign up to, a dual WAN router which supports the throughput could be fairly expensive (it is unlikely that the FTTC ISP will provide a dual WAN device but whatever they provide should do the throughput).

I did load balance between two connections using a Draytek but found "odd" effects as websites sometimes didn't like connections via two different IP addresses (at least that's what I put it down to) and ended up directing different devices to different WAN connections.

I found setting up load balancing a bit complicated and settled for a sub optimum arrangement that worked (and I understood what was happening!) rather that continuing to experiment and face the displeasure of other family members.
 
Just as a matter of interest, once you have FTTP why would you retain further WAN options (except as a backup)?
I have a contract until Sept 2023 on the 4G, so will use it as backup for FTTP which if it is as reliable as it says on the tin will mean not renewing the 4G in Sept and instead keeping an inactive PAYG sim in the house if the FTTP ever goes down, a simple topup payment and stick it in the 4g router. After being on wet string ADSL for years with regular faults you have a mindset to have alternatives in place.

Sending all surfing traffic to one WAN sorted out the issues with banking sites not liking 2 IP addresses using the same webpage.
 
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@Lan3y182

Just as a matter of interest, once you have FTTP why would you retain further WAN options (except as a backup)?

Depending on what FTTC speed you sign up to, a dual WAN router which supports the throughput could be fairly expensive (it is unlikely that the FTTC ISP will provide a dual WAN device but whatever they provide should do the throughput).

I did load balance between two connections using a Draytek but found "odd" effects as websites sometimes didn't like connections via two different IP addresses (at least that's what I put it down to) and ended up directing different devices to different WAN connections.

I found setting up load balancing a bit complicated and settled for a sub optimum arrangement that worked (and I understood what was happening!) rather that continuing to experiment and face the displeasure of other family members.
Simply put the fttc speeds are 50Mbps at best so will use the better latency of a fixed line for gaming etc and the 5g connection 500-600Mbps for everything else
 
Thanks @kommando828. Entirely understand your reasons (much the same as mine for having dual WAN at the moment).

I was trying to understand why @Lan3y182 would want to keep multiple connections (what the objective is)
 
Thanks @kommando828. Entirely understand your reasons (much the same as mine for having dual WAN at the moment).

I was trying to understand why @Lan3y182 would want to keep multiple connections (what the objective is)
second paragraph of the OP…

currently have three 5g BB but latency is a real issue so i will also be ordering an fttc connection just for gaming use

FTTC not TP so otherwise is relatively bandwidth constrained compared to a decent 5G connection.
 
Thanks @Pheasant I was being a bit slow on the uptake!

So, with better comprehension of the original requirement (!) it is to balance a (not particularly fast) FTTC connection with a faster (but higher latency) mobile network connection to (potentially) a single PC.

As I see it, the tricky bit will be indentifying the gaming traffic from more general traffic and getting a load balance scheme that works well.

If the games are to known IP addresses (or ranges) that might be one way of sorting the traffic but I can't think of an easy way of doing it.
 
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Looking for help on the easiest way to use fttc as gaming only for all devices

currently have three 5g BB but latency is a real issue so i will also be ordering an fttc connection just for gaming use

what is the easiest way to set this up

i'd rather avoid having 2 nics in each PC etc if possible
Like others said if you know the IPs of the game servers then it's easy with some routing in a pfsense/openwrt/linux.
 
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