Firewalla Gold LAG with AT&T BGW-320?

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Scott Fahle

• March 22, 2022 15:26

Hi all,

I recently had my internet speed upgraded (for free!) and now I have a 2.5gpbs download speed from AT&T and a BGW-320. I'm using a FWG as my router and I like it, but it only has 1gbps ports, so I can't realize the full speed of my new internet connection. I understand the FWG supports link aggregation, but I'm not sure how or even if I can set that up with the BGW-320.

Does anyone know if this is possible and if so how to do it?

If it's not possible, is there such a thing as a device I could add between the FWG and the BGW320 that the FWG could LAG with and then that device could connect to the FWG's 5gbps port?

And I guess failing that, does Firewalla have any plans for an updated FWG that has 5gpbs ports?

Thanks!

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  Michael Bierman

  • May 30, 2022 21:45
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  As best I can tell, the BGW320 does not support LAG. It also doesn't seem like AT&T supports LAG. https://forums.att.com/conversations/att-internet-equipment/does-att-internet-support-ieee-8023ad-protocol/61e82301f693d71b8f6f9f0d

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  Scott Fahle

  • March 23, 2022 14:36

  Alas.

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  Kurtis Bickhaus

  • May 30, 2022 05:41

  I have used LAG with the BGW-320.  It caused packet loss daily at 11pm like clockwork.  So weird.  Have yet to experiment further.

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  Michael Bierman

  • May 30, 2022 21:47

  Kurtis, did you find something that suggests it supports 802.3AD? I still can't find any document that mentions it. 

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  Kurtis Bickhaus

  • May 30, 2022 22:53
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  No. I have not. AT&T is entirely useless. Couldn’t even help me set up cascaded router mode with my static iP block (closer to bridge than ip passtgrough). After about 9 hours over two weeks, they basically told me suck it, buy a business plan if I want more advanced support. So just overall AT&T residential, no I give up on any type of additional configuration. I can BARELY get the thing to properly assign devices a public iP on the BGW LAN ports (more than one router, training purposes).  Send me an email, we’ll talk and try some things if you’d like. Users.gosh.0o@icloud.com

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  Michael Bierman

  • May 30, 2022 22:54

  Sorry to hear that. 
  
  Given it looks like the hardware doesn't support LAG have you tried disabling that and see if it solves your issue? 

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  Kurtis Bickhaus

  • May 31, 2022 03:19

  Oh yes, of course *everything* works fine with no LAG, and am fine continuing to do so @938Mbps.  Getting the 1.2gig over provision is not necessary.  They did not change the price when I asked for this.  And if I want, theres a 5gig port for whatever device needs that ridiculous bandwidth.  Still rather strange.  It's almost like an internal code mismatch in the firmware.  Like BGW is saying "Yes, I can do this" but the att modifications are saying "No, not really IDK.  Maybe for a minute".

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