Auto-failover automatically switches connectivity to a backup cellular or satellite link when the primary WAN connection fails — maintaining business continuity for branch offices, retail locations, field sites, and mobile operations that can't tolerate internet outages.
Single-link WAN connectivity creates operational risk that few businesses can afford. Cellular failover provides the secondary path that activates within seconds of primary link failure — transparently maintaining VPN tunnels, cloud application access, and critical communications while the primary link is restored. RLM advises on failover architecture, router and gateway selection, and the detection and recovery logic that minimizes failover impact.
A structured advisory process — from environment assessment and carrier/vendor evaluation to deployment support and ongoing optimization.
We assess your failover requirements by site — documenting business processes affected by outages, acceptable downtime thresholds, bandwidth requirements during failover, and the applications that must remain accessible during primary link failure.
We design the failover architecture — primary/secondary link assignment, detection mechanisms (BFD, keepalives, SLA probes), failover trigger thresholds, and the recovery logic that restores primary link traffic without disrupting active sessions.
We evaluate failover-capable routers and SD-WAN gateways — Cradlepoint, Digi, Peplink, Cisco, Meraki — against your site types, cellular carrier compatibility, management model, and the remote management capability needed to operate distributed failover infrastructure.
We select cellular carriers for the failover path based on coverage at each site location — evaluating signal strength, carrier diversity from the primary link, and the data plan structure optimized for standby-mode cellular.
The dimensions that separate high-performing mobility deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM helps you answer before any commitment.
The speed of failover detection determines how long applications experience disruption. Evaluate detection mechanisms and typical failover times under different failure modes — link down vs. degraded performance.
VPN tunnels and BGP sessions interrupted by failover don't always recover automatically. Evaluate the VPN and routing recovery behavior during and after failover events.
Failover events that transfer significant data to cellular can create unexpected carrier costs. Evaluate data plan sizing for failover scenarios and whether application traffic should be prioritized or throttled during failover.
Organizations with many sites need centralized visibility into failover events. Evaluate the management platform that provides real-time failover alerts, event logging, and the diagnostic tools that accelerate primary link restoration.
Untested failover systems often fail when needed. Evaluate the scheduled failover testing process — simulating primary link failure to validate detection, transition, and recovery behavior before a real outage occurs.
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