{"answer":"Failover keeps one path active and moves to another when the first fails. Load balancing distributes new sessions across two or more paths, often according to weights or rules. True bonding combines traffic through a service at the far end so that a single flow may use multiple links as one logical connection.\n\nA normal multi-WAN router can improve total site capacity by putting different users or sessions on different services, but it does not automatically add two 100 Mbps links into a 200 Mbps download for one file. Bonding usually requires a compatible cloud or network endpoint and can add cost, latency and overhead. Choose the method based on whether the goal is resilience, aggregate capacity across many users, or higher throughput for a single connection.","approval_status":"draft_for_dave_review_pending_public_brain_audit","approved":false,"category":"Load Balancing and Multi-WAN","category_slug":"load-balancing-and-multi-wan","created_at":"2026-05-30T14:40:00+00:00","daily_publish_cap":2,"date_published":"2026-05-30","display_date":"2026-05-30","drip_status":"review_seed","freshness_note":"Confirm current model specifications, carrier compatibility, stock, pricing, firmware, warranty and commercial terms directly with Comset where they affect a decision.","id":"comset-qa-019","image_ids":["comset-product-cm950w","comset-product-cm510q-w","comset-category-hero-007-load-balancing-and-multi-wan"],"language":"en-AU","last_updated":"2026-05-30T14:40:00+00:00","matched_image_ids":["comset-product-cm950w","comset-product-cm510q-w","comset-category-hero-007-load-balancing-and-multi-wan"],"public_brain_verified":false,"publish_status":"review_preview","published_at":"2026-05-30T14:40:00+00:00","question":"What is the difference between WAN failover, load balancing and true connection bonding?","question_intent":"public_guidance","question_type":"decision","real_image_mapping_status":"mapped_to_approved_comset_catalogue_v1_6","site_key":"comset","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-wan-failover-load-balancing-and-true-connection-bonding","source":"Comset public website scrape and stable industrial-networking explanation","source_record_ids":["comset-source-0059","comset-source-0367","comset-source-0365","comset-source-0376"],"source_type":"client_source_plus_stable_explanatory_context","source_urls":["https://comset.com.au/product/5g-4g-router-with-dual-sim-cm950w","https://comset.com.au/product/dual-modem-dual-wifi-gigabit-router-cm770w-6","https://comset.com.au/router-comparison-table"],"tenant_slug":"comset","updated_at":"2026-05-30T14:40:00+00:00"}