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What you want is something called a WAN failover. There’s a bunch of routers that offer it but I know OPNsense (and pfsense) has it.

First place my mind went for a recommendation - and then discarded for someone w/ their exp level.

I would guess they could set up a pfSense box. Netgate has pretty good online docs. But even after deploying pfSense for 15 years, I still approach CARP (WAN failover) with some trepidation. It doesn't always just go (or stay going).

look at Firewalla. ... it’s so easy even your parents can set it up"

New to me too. It sounds promising.

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