Best load balancing router?

[vilemouse]

As the title says, i currently have the tl-r480t+ but i can not fix the nat issues with games with it.. so im looking for other options

[Falconevo]

If you are balancing outbound connections, you need to configure outbound NAT rules that correspond to either the port(s) or destination IP(s).

 

Assuming you are seeing 'strict NAT' related warnings?

[vilemouse]

1 hour ago, Falconevo said:

If you are balancing outbound connections, you need to configure outbound NAT rules that correspond to either the port(s) or destination IP(s).

 

Assuming you are seeing 'strict NAT' related warnings?

yeah i am, iv even tried the nat-dmz options but still nothing works.. its the V9 version with the new Ui is that helps

[Falconevo]

1 minute ago, vilemouse said:

yeah i am, iv even tried the nat-dmz options but still nothing works.. its the V9 version with the new Ui is that helps

I'm not familiar with the TP-Link stuff but all network devices should follow the same RFC's for outbound NAT.  If the router has uPNP (that functions correctly) this may do the job for you but it rarely works properly in dual-wan balancing.  Considering how 'cheap' the TP-Link is, don't expect much here.

 

Start by configuring one device (IP) on the internal network just to exit a single 'non load balanced' outbound gateway, I don't know what this will be called in your GUI but it may see this as a 1:1 outbound NAT.  Game on that device (IP) with the outbound NAT solely set to a single outbound gateway and verify if the strict NAT is still in place.  If it isn't we can go from there.

 

Personally don't use TP-Link stuff, last networking product I used from TP-Link was a WiFi AC adapter and it was garbage.

[vilemouse]

Iv tried the single wan configure technique, UPNP has been enabled and from all the documentation everything should be fine.

 

If you know of any other products that allow it then please tell me

[Falconevo]

18 minutes ago, vilemouse said:

Iv tried the single wan configure technique, UPNP has been enabled and from all the documentation everything should be fine.

 

If you know of any other products that allow it then please tell me

Personally I use pfSense for this as it allows for hybrid outbound NAT, but your mileage may vary and its not the easiest of things to learn.

I have 2 WAN connections, both load balanced inbound but outbound I use one for gaming/voip and the other for pretty much everything else.

[vilemouse]

26 minutes ago, Falconevo said:

Personally I use pfSense

I didn't know pfSense did it.. whelp time to go look