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    Concurrent Multi-WAN

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      aiden21c @viragomann
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      @viragomann the thing is though, it SHOULD respond to pings. The gateway is exactly the same device, set up in exactly the same way as WAN1. When I connect my laptop to WAN2 directly, it is more than happy to respond to pings, but I am unable to ping the Pfsense IP even when I'm directly on the WAN2 network.

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        viragomann @aiden21c
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        @aiden21c said in Concurrent Multi-WAN:

        The gateway is exactly the same device, set up in exactly the same way as WAN1.

        But it's a second router?

        but I am unable to ping the Pfsense IP even when I'm directly on the WAN2 network.

        pfSense will block access on any other interface than LAN by default.
        But the gateway should be ping-able.

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          SteveITS Rebel Alliance @aiden21c
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          @aiden21c If pinging the monitoring IP is an issue, in System/Routing you can edit the gateway and check "Disable Gateway Monitoring."

          Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
          When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
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            viragomann @SteveITS
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            @steveits
            If he want to use gateway failover in the future, however, this would be a bad idea.
            Better to set any public IP, which is responding to pings.

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              aiden21c @viragomann
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              @viragomann this is not the issue. The issue is that the gateway is not operational at all. Pfsense is unable to use the gateway to access the public internet. The gateway should be responding to pings, and it should be providing internet access but it is not because the WAN2 port is not operation in its current state. The issue does not lie in simple "visibility" of the gateway, but in the function of WAN2 as well.

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                SteveITS Rebel Alliance @viragomann
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                @viragomann said in Concurrent Multi-WAN:

                @steveits
                If he want to use gateway failover in the future, however, this would be a bad idea.
                Better to set any public IP, which is responding to pings.

                Agreed but it's a workaround to force it "online."

                @aiden21c Is the interface link up/correct? Status/Interfaces, check Status and Media.

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                  aiden21c @SteveITS
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                  @steveits the link itself is not up. I may have not been the best at explaing this, but essentially I am having no successful traffic on the WAN2 interface. This is regardless whether the gateway is "forced" online or not. The interface itself is showing as "no carrier".

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                    SteveITS Rebel Alliance @aiden21c
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                    @aiden21c Patch cable? Put a switch between pfSense and to what it connects? Bad port?

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                      aiden21c @SteveITS
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                      @steveits I found it and I am extremely annoyed. It was a bad patch lead.

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                        SteveITS Rebel Alliance @aiden21c
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                        @aiden21c it’s always the last place you look…

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