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    Failover WAN between 2 WANs and static route on third WAN

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      ashima LAYER 8
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      Hello everyone,

      I am having a production box at one of the remote location. So I need to be very sure before I implement any changes. Here's my setup :

      PFsense version 2.2.3. Three WAN connections :

      WAN A  –-- primary default WAN  (static IP)
      WAN B ------ backup WAN    (static IP)
      WAN C ------ connected to other branch through a fiber cable. Traffic to 10.0.0.0/8 should only pass through this. It has it's own dns (10.x.x.x) server. The normal internet traffic should never go through this.

      This is how I am planning to do the setup :

      Step 1 :  In System--Routing---Gateway group

      a)  AUp
                    WAN A  ----    Tier 1
                    WAN B  ----    Tier 2
                    WAN C    ----  Never

      Trigger when  ---  Member down

      b)  BUp
                    WAN A  ---- Tier 2
                    WAN B  ----- Tier 1
                    WAN C ----- Never
            Trigger when  -----  Member down

      Step 2 :  System---Routing----Static Route

      Destination : 10.0.0.0/8 
                      Gateway    : WAN C

      Step 3  :  Firewall ---- LAN Rule

      Rule 1

      destination : WAN C net
                        Gateway    : WAN C Gateway

      Rule 2

      destination  : any
                        Gateway : AUp

      Rule 3

      Destination : any
                          Gateway : BUp

      Step 4 : System----ADvanced---- Miscellaneous

      Tick switch default gateway

      Tick  reset states                  ( I read in the forum this is  required when WAN A comes back live after a failover. )

      Step 5 : System ----- General

      DNS 1        WANA DNS
                    DNS 2        WANB DNS

      Is there any thing else I need to take care. Please suggest. I need to make these changes ASAP.

      Thank You,

      Regards,
      Ashima

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