3 WAN Balance using 2-WAN SG-3100?

Networking & Firewalls
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Hello all and thanks for your help.

An ISP is offering a good deal on a 3 WAN connection however the SG-3100 has 2 WAN ports. I don’t need failover, just improved bandwidth. Do I put a switch in front of the FW? If so, do I put all 3 on said switch?

We currently have a single 300/30 over coax but it’s not stable and we are hovering close to that upload cap. A phone competitor is offering 75/20 x 3. I’m hoping the load balancer is good enough to boost bandwidth to justify the added complexity. What do you think?

It’s a small school streaming live content with only 1 VoIP.

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I would recommend a bigger pfsense with more ports if indeed they allow 75/20 on a per port basis. Also remember that when you are load balancing connections between the services and not aggregating bandwidth.

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Or virtualise it and then you can have as many WAN ports as you want. Does the school have proper server class hardware?

(although I think @LTS_Tom would say to use physical hardware)

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Thank you, I’m better off sticking with 2 WAN connections. I’m waiting to see if they offer bonding as well.