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Best way to setup multiple internets?

Hey guys thought I would rack all your brains about this. I live in rural england and althrough we 'technically' have fibre we only get speeds of around 12-15Mbps down and 2-4Mbps up but only 10ms ping. I just bought a 4G Router and have an unlimited plan and that's getting me a pretty respectable 60Mbps down and 30Mbps up but very jittery ping between 50-150ms. How is best to bridge the two connections? My network setup currently is a bit convoluted.

 

Broadband comes into router in main house and goes across a fenceline via ethernet to a TPLink powerline adaptor downstairs of my annex. Powerline adaptor upstairs leads ethernet to main Wifi router. Main router is connected to 5 port switch. Switch is connected to a mikrotik SFP 10gig switch. FreeNAS and main computer connected to both SFP switch (with intel 520 10gig cards) and 5port 1gig switch. 

I've attached a crude diagram below.

 

 

 

 

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22 minutes ago, jrga said:

Hey guys thought I would rack all your brains about this. I live in rural england and althrough we 'technically' have fibre we only get speeds of around 12-15Mbps down and 2-4Mbps up but only 10ms ping. I just bought a 4G Router and have an unlimited plan and that's getting me a pretty respectable 60Mbps down and 30Mbps up but very jittery ping between 50-150ms. How is best to bridge the two connections? My network setup currently is a bit convoluted.

 

Broadband comes into router in main house and goes across a fenceline via ethernet to a TPLink powerline adaptor downstairs of my annex. Powerline adaptor upstairs leads ethernet to main Wifi router. Main router is connected to 5 port switch. Switch is connected to a mikrotik SFP 10gig switch. FreeNAS and main computer connected to both SFP switch (with intel 520 10gig cards) and 5port 1gig switch. 

I've attached a crude diagram below.

 

 

 

 

Network Map.png

pfSense loadbalancing + failover. Look it up

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Id get a better ourter, like a edge router, pfsense, untangle or simmilar.

 

Then plug the 2 wan connections into the better router, and use your current router as a access point.

 

Also those "unlimited" cellular connections aren't really normally. They normally slow down a good amount with heavy usage.

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32 minutes ago, Biomecanoid said:

pfSense loadbalancing + failover. Look it up

Amazing this is one of those things I knew must be a thing but didnt know the correct term I had to google to find it. 

18 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get a better ourter, like a edge router, pfsense, untangle or simmilar.

 

Then plug the 2 wan connections into the better router, and use your current router as a access point.

 

Also those "unlimited" cellular connections aren't really normally. They normally slow down a good amount with heavy usage.

KK i'll look into a pfsense router. I was worried about throttling (my average monthly usage is around 2TB) but read a lot into the provider I went with and their whole shtick is no throttling. Will put it to the absolute test in my 30 day trial period.

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