I'm trying to get a similar thing working. I want workstations on LAN A to be able to use the WAN connection on pfSense B if the WAN on pfSense A goes down. (And vice-versa) I'm still working on it, and I'll let you know if I make progress. At the moment we have two WAN connections at each of the two buildings. I hope to be able to get rid of one connection at each building and maintain redundancy with the WiFi link.
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Edit:- OK, so this "just works" if I follow viragomann's instructions. (Thank you!) I made the WiFi link as a subnet connecting OPT1 on each pfSense giving each OPT1 an IP address in that subnet. Then on each pfSense make a new gateway in system -> routing which points to the other pfSenses OPT1 IP address. Don't forget to fix up the OPT1 interfaces' firewall rules, of course. Then I also added a static route using the new gateways so that workstations on LAN A and see workstations on LAN B (and vice versa) via the WiFi link.
Now, if I pull the WAN on one pfSense, traffic then goes via the link and out to the WAN on the other. Works like a charm. Next I'll try load sharing.
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