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# MultiWAN

The **MultiWAN** view allows you to create and configure WAN traffic divisions for [load balancing](/glossary/l/load_balancing) and [failover](/glossary/f/failover) and applying traffic [rules](./rules/start).

## Introduction

Using the MultiWAN feature, you can enable up to 250 WAN interfaces to:

* Provide load balancing over multiple WAN interfaces based on a numeric weight assignment.

* Monitor connections using repeated ping tests and can automatically route outbound traffic to another WAN interface if the first WAN interface loses connectivity.

* Set rules to customize which outbound connections should use which WAN interface

* Customize rules based on various parameters such as IP:s, port(s) and protocol.




Why should I use mwan3?

If you have multiple internet connections, you want to control which traffic goes through which WANs

Mwan3 can handle multiple levels of primary and backup interfaces, load-balanced or not. Different sources can have different primary or backup WANs.

Mwan3 uses netfilter mark mask to be compatible with other packages (such as OpenVPN, PPTP VPN, QoS-script, Tunnels, etc) as you can configure traffic to use the default routing table.

Mwan3 can also load-balance traffic originating from the router itself



## Tabs

The MultiWAN settings are divided into tabs.

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