What is Bandwidth Bonding?
Bandwidth Bonding is the most powerful of Peplink’s patented SpeedFusion technologies. It allows users to simultaneously tap into the bandwidth of multiple low-cost cable, satellite, 4G, and 5G connections. This is particularly useful in locations where bandwidth is scarce, like remote sites, or in moving vehicles. This technology also enables branch offices to connect to the head office at higher speeds with a near-zero risk of losing connectivity. Regardless of the application, Bandwidth Bonding enables resilient connectivity that is budget-friendly, ultra-fast, and easily configurable for any networking environment.
What Are the Advantages of Bandwidth Bonding?
Create High-Bandwidth Remote Connections
With Peplink routers, you can stream video and quickly transfer large files in remote areas with poor connectivity. Bandwidth Bonding makes this possible by combining the bandwidth of multiple connections. In addition to 4G and 5G connections, Starlink, VSAT, and landlines can be added to a single SpeedFusion tunnel.
Prioritize Affordable Links
Within a Bandwidth-Bonded SpeedFusion tunnel, it is possible to prioritize the order in which connections are used. This is particularly useful for deployments where one link is less expensive than others. The most affordable WAN can be set to first priority, with more expensive links used only when the first is operating at capacity.
Increase Connection Reliability
All WAN links connected to a SpeedFusion-enabled device can work together as a single connection. If a link fails, SpeedFusion can detect this failure and seamlessly redirect traffic across other available links. This failure detection provides highly reliable and resilient site-to-site connectivity. See below for an example of how SpeedFusion can be used to transmit IP video from a remote location to a central data center over multiple WAN Links.
What Is Required to Use Peplink Bandwidth Bonding?
There are three options for utilizing Bandwidth technology. (You can read about them in detail here.) The first uses traditional SpeedFusion. This requires two or more Peplink devices with SpeedFusion technology to serve as endpoints. Often, there is a device at a company’s headquarters and one more at company branches, home offices or field deployments.
When only one physical device exists, there are two ways to establish a second endpoint. The first is using FusionHub, Peplink’s virtual SpeedFusion appliance. FusionHub makes it possible to use SpeedFusion technology on a single physical Peplink device. This requires considerable time and expertise. For those looking for a simpler way to use Bandwidth Bonding, SpeedFusion Connect Protect is available.
SpeedFusion Connect Protect makes use of a global network of FusionHub nodes to provides access to preconfigured FusionHub virtual appliances. This capability is now available at no additional charge for any device with an active care plan. It is ideal for smaller deployments without separate locations, or for users who don’t have experience with cloud computing deployments.
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