Tuesday, March 12, 2019

CradlePoint Multi WAN Load Balancing

Here is the scenario. I’m currently working with a temporary network, and am trying to just optimize things a little.

I need a way to load balance multiple WAN links from CradlePoint wireless routers. Currently, end users are using 4 or 5 CradlePoints, each with different SSIDs, and having some people connect to CradlePoint A, some to CradlePoint B, etc. What I want to do, is run them all into a Cisco 3750 as WAN links, and then extend services via an internal Aruba WLAN. That way, end users only connect to one SSID and the switch can determine which of its 5 WAN links to route traffic out to. The problem, is that the CradlePoints can’t run any routing protocols, like BGP.

So is there a way for me to do this with static routes. I was looking into Policy Based Routing, but I couldn’t really figure out how to get it to work. Is there a good way to do load-balancing across WAN links on a switch, without having to use routing protocols?



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