pinkoos Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Anybody else have a sticker blocking the WAN2 port on an Araknis AN-310-RT-4L2W - 'Warning for future use only'? If so, does that mean WAN2 is not active? Or does removing the sticker void the warranty? Or something else? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Wan2 is not active Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, pinkoos said: Anybody else have a sticker blocking the WAN2 port on an Araknis AN-310-RT-4L2W - 'Warning for future use only'? If so, does that mean WAN2 is not active? Or does removing the sticker void the warranty? Or something else? Thanks Never mind, turns out WAN2 active and working fine, not sure why that sticker was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Wanerka Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Yes I was about to say I have spectrum in Wan 1 and att internet into Wan 2. Wan 2 is only active when spectrum goes down. It's used for a back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 WAN2 was inactive in earlier firmware versions, been active since - the sticker is still shipping with it pinkoos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 19 hours ago, Nick Wanerka said: Yes I was about to say I have spectrum in Wan 1 and att internet into Wan 2. Wan 2 is only active when spectrum goes down. It's used for a back up Or load balancing if setup as such. tmj4 and msgreenf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmj4 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 This is entirely used for load-balancing and failover. For most, even the technically savvy and informed on this forum, it will not be used. Few prosumer devices even get this correct and usually more headaches (translation: service calls for dealers of Araknis) can transpire given the odd nature of consumer internet access with dynamic IPs, low SLAs, and now the ever-so-fun CGNAT that is popping up with IPv4 exhaustion and providers who don't want to or can't fully upgrade to IPv6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, tmj4 said: This is entirely used for load-balancing of failover. For most, even the technically savvy and informed on this forum, it will not be used. Few prosumer devices even get this correct and usually more headaches (translation: service calls for dealers of Araknis) can transpire given the odd nature of consumer internet access with dynamic IPs, low SLAs, and now the ever-so-fun CGNAT that is popping up with IPv4 exhaustion and providers who don't want to or can't fully upgrade to IPv6. So WAN2 should generally not be used in lieu of WAN1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, pinkoos said: So WAN2 should generally not be used in lieu of WAN1? no tmj4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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