dual wan router advice

[asiajason]

I need to setup a dual wan router and would like advice:

I've researched:

1) Cisco Small Biz RV402 Dual WAN router and
2) Draytek vigor 2910 series and
3) pfsense (just a little bit)...

my requirements are minimal: we have 1.5m adsl connections, and potentially a 3g/4g lte connection [in Hong Kong] (so that would mean the draytek is the choice, right?). Basic wireless is good, but not necessary. Load balancing rather than failover is good...

and I don't like the idea of building a system and messing with pfsense...but I hear it is better with load balancing algorithms...

so... what is the advice for the better router? and how much time will I have to spend with setup? minimal is best!

I think all do adaptive load balancing, right?

Anything I need to consider that I'm not considering?

Thanks

 

[GregN]

I need to setup a dual wan router and would like advice:

I've researched:

1) Cisco Small Biz RV402 Dual WAN router and
2) Draytek vigor 2910 series and
3) pfsense (just a little bit)...

my requirements are minimal: we have 1.5m adsl connections, and potentially a 3g/4g lte connection [in Hong Kong] (so that would mean the draytek is the choice, right?). Basic wireless is good, but not necessary. Load balancing rather than failover is good...

and I don't like the idea of building a system and messing with pfsense...but I hear it is better with load balancing algorithms...

so... what is the advice for the better router? and how much time will I have to spend with setup? minimal is best!

I think all do adaptive load balancing, right?

Anything I need to consider that I'm not considering?

Thanks

pfSense 1.2.3 has good multi-wan load balancing, but QOS and many packages will not work using multi-wan.

pfSense 2.0 resolves these issues, but not yet, it is at release candidate 3 right now with problems.

So, unless you want just bog simple routing, pfSense won't work for you.

Draytek, with issues, is a better fit. Send up a flare about its use to the pfSense newbie thread, and Dennis Wood will see it, he is Draytek user, and probably give you a better feel for its' ups and downs.

 

[asiajason]

Thanks for this info! Very helpful for a beginner to this community.
Jason