CRADLEPOINT MBR1400 | USER MANUAL – Firmware version 5.0
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selection will create a dropdown list of options to complete a sentence with the following form: “When ____ is ____,” such
as, “When Type is LTE.” You also have the option to replace “is” with “isn’t,” “starts with,” “ends with,” or “contains.”
• Port: Select from the dropdown list of possible WAN ports on the router.
o WAN Ethernet
o LAN Ethernet
o Undefined
• Manufacturer: Select from a dropdown list of attached devices.
• Model: Select from a dropdown list of attached devices.
• Type: Select from the dropdown list of possible WAN types.
o WiMAX
o Modem
o LTE
o Ethernet
o Wireless As WAN
• Serial Number: Select from a dropdown list of attached devices.
• MAC Address: Select from a dropdown list of attached devices.
• Unique ID: Select from a dropdown list of attached devices.
Load Balance Algorithm: Select the Load Balance Algorithm for this WAN Affinity rule from the following dropdown
options:
• Round-Robin: Evenly distribute each session to the available WAN connections.
• Rate: Distribute load based on the current upload and download rates. A WAN device's upload and download
bandwidth values can be set in Internet → Connection Manager.
• Spillover: This was the default algorithm in older (version 3) firmware. Load is always given to devices with the
most available bandwidth. The estimated bandwidth rate is based on a combination of the upload and download
configuration values and the observed capabilities of the device.
• Data Usage: This mode works in concert with the Data Usage feature (Internet → Data Usage). The router will
make a best effort to keep data usage between interfaces at a similar percentage of the assigned data cap in the
Data Usage rule for each interface, rather than distributing sessions based solely on bandwidth. For proper function