Local Internet with Quality of Service (QoS) Egress Queuing

A computer program product adapted for installation on a local host device of a virtual edge router, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing programming that includes instructions to:

• establish data tunnels between a wide area network (WAN) interface of a local host device and WAN interfaces of a plurality of remote host devices;
• identify a WAN interface of a first remote host device as a primary internet interface of the virtual edge router;
• create, within the local host device, a local internet virtual pathway for transporting local internet traffic to the WAN interface of the local host device, wherein the WAN interface of the local host device is configured to forward local internet traffic received on the local internet virtual pathway directly over the internet;
• receive a first data packet from a source device over a local area network (LAN) interface of the local host device;
• classify a first data packet as local internet traffic;
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• forward the first data packet over the local internet virtual pathway, thereby prompting the WAN interface of the local host device to communicate the first data packet directly over the internet.

A local host device in a virtual edge router, the local host device comprising:

• one or more local area network (LAN) interfaces, the one or more LAN interfaces including at least a first LAN interface communicatively coupled to a local device;
• a wide area network (WAN) interface, wherein data tunnels of the virtual edge router interconnect the WAN interface of the local host device to WAN interfaces of remote host devices, wherein a WAN interface of a first remote device is a primary internet interface of the virtual edge router;
• a local internet virtual pathway extending to the WAN interface of the local host device, wherein the WAN interface of the local host device is configured to forward local internet traffic received on the local internet virtual pathway directly over the internet;
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• a virtual forwarding unit configured to classify a first data packet received over the first LAN interface as local internet traffic, and to forward the first data packet over the local internet virtual pathway, thereby prompting the WAN interface of the local host device to communicate the first data packet directly over the internet.