AppendixD. Troubleshooting
Problem1
OutboundloadisonlydistributedoveroneWANconnection.
Solution
OutboundloadbalancingcanonlybedistributetrafficevenlybetweenavailableWAN
connectionsifmanyoutboundconnectionsaremade.Ifthereisonlyoneuseronthe
LANandonlyonedownloadsessionismadefromhis/herbrowser,theWAN
connectionscannotbefullyutilized.
Forasingleuser,downloadmanagementapplicationsarerecommended.The
applicationscansplitafileintopiecesanddownloadthepiecessimultaneously.
Examplesinclude:DownThemAll(FirefoxExtension),iGetter(Mac),etc.
IftheoutboundtrafficisgoingacrosstheSpeedFusion
TM
tunnel,(i.e.,transferringafile
toaVPNpeer)thebandwidthofallWANconnectionswillbebonded.Inthiscase,all
bandwidthwillbeutilizedandafilewillbetransferredacrossallavailableWAN
connections.
Foradditionaldetails,pleaserefertothisFAQ:
https://forum.peplink.com/t/speedtesttoolforcombineddownloadspeedinmultiwan
environment/8457
Problem2
Iamusingadownloadmanagerprogram(e.g.,DownloadAcceleratorPlus,
DownThemAll,etc.).Whyisthedownloadspeedstillonlythatofasinglelink?
Solution
First,checkwhetherallWANconnectionsareup.Second,ensureyourdownload
managerapplicationhassplitthefileinto3partsormore.Itisalsopossiblethatallof2
oreven3downloadsessionswerebeingdistributedtothesamelinkbychance.
Problem3
IamusingsomewebsitestolookupmypublicIPaddress,e.g.,www.whatismyip.com.
WhenIpressthebrowser'sRefreshbutton,theserveralmostalwaysreturnsthesame
address.Isn’ttheIPaddresssupposedtobechangingforeveryrefresh?
Solution
ThewebserverhasenabledtheKeepAlivefunction,whichensuresthatyouusethe
sameTCPsessiontoquerytheserver.Trytotestwithawebsitethatdoesnotenable