Bingo! @Felipe, you've just saved my hair from continuing to fall off!
That is what I have been missing all along. I believe that the page http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN_2.0 requires to be edited to reflect the fact that for *Allow default gateway switching * must be enabled for it Multi-WANs failover to work. Also, the details on System -> Advanced -> Miscellaneous -> Load Balancing should also be modified to read FailOver & Load Balancing - I think. I hope I am right on this. I have tested twice and failover worked as expected. I did not test Load Balancing though, but I hope it applies. The text at System -> Advanced -> Miscellaneous -> Load Balancing on the second part also talks about LB although looking at the explanation itself I think it should be FailOver. There is no good reason why both entries under LB are subtitled LB, right? On 13 August 2013 20:44, Felipe Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an option to enable failover traffic from pfsense itself, go to > System -> Advanced -> Miscellaneous - *Allow default gateway switching.* > * > * > To failover traffic from LAN, you have to create Gateway Groups, System -> > Routing -> Groups. After that, edit the firewall rules from LAN to choose > the gateway group. > > http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN_2.0 > > Regards, > Felipe Santos > Network Analyst > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Odhiambo Washington > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I am seeking help with pfSense and I'm hoping someone can act as my third >> eye. >> >> I am running 2.1-RC and all my attempts at getting Failover between the >> Multi-WAN connections have failed. I am not not sure what I could be doing >> wrong. >> >> I have 2 WAN interfaces. >> Each WAN is connected via cable. Static IPs. >> >> At this point in time, I wanted to test both Failover and Load Balancing. >> LB is not quite crucial now though. >> >> I have WAN0 connected. WAN1 cable is off for starters. >> >> With WAN0 connected and WAN1 off, I am able to transmit traffic. >> >> I can see status of gateways saying WAN1 is offline. I even get e-mail >> notifications to that effect. >> >> When I connect WAN1 cable and unplug the cable for WAN0, then no traffic >> goes out, even from pfSense itself. It cannot even check for updates to >> it's version. >> >> I have also put WAN1 on DHCP and changed the gateway IP accordingly. >> However, when I unplug WAN0, no traffic goes out still, even from the >> firewall itself. >> >> If anyone can help me see what is amiss with my rules, found here: >> http://goo.gl/1WJZEH >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >> Nairobi,KE >> +254733744121/+254722743223 >> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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