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    • chpalmerC
      chpalmer @dond
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      @dond Some information that you might run into on yootoob is either outdated or just plain wrong in case you have referred to that service when originally setting your system up..

      This is my setting for comparison-

      failover.jpg

      What I do not know is how IPv6 affects this as I do not use it here.

      Triggering snowflakes one by one..
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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        dond @chpalmer
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        @chpalmer

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        I removed STARLINK so as not to interrupt the night crew.

        But if I enable it and put it in the gateway group, after a few minutes it becomes the default.

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        • chpalmerC
          chpalmer @dond
          last edited by chpalmer

          @dond and with that big Starlink outage today I can see why.. LOL.

          I am trying to figure out what I can do to replicate your setup here..

          (starlink outage is what Elon gets for insinuating that a robot could take over as a rollerskate wearing carhop waitress) x. com thing.. 🤣

          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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            dond @chpalmer
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            @chpalmer LOL...

            In short, what happens is that if the starlink link is enabled, I don't know why pfsesnne assumes it as the main one even though it is not defined in the gateway group.

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            • chpalmerC
              chpalmer @dond
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              @dond Im curious if it has to do with monitoring the addresses your first two links are in your first graphic. I know that in the past some have had issues using Googles IP there but cannot remember specifics.

              Will your actual gateways answer to a ping? or are they to close in the scope of things to let it work?

              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
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                dond @chpalmer
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                @chpalmer

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                In a way, yes.

                What I expect is that when I define the gateway group, it will assume the tier I defined.

                In IP Monitorin, I defined it this way and saw an error in my logs with dpinger.
                Jul 24 18:29:19 dpinger 54194 DNET_PPPOE 8.8.8.8: sendto error: 13
                Jul 24 18:29:20 dpinger 54194 DNET_PPPOE 8.8.8.8: sendto error: 13
                Jul 24 18:29:20 dpinger 54194 DNET_PPPOE 8.8.8.8: sendto error: 13

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                • chpalmerC
                  chpalmer @dond
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                  @dond Do you have the "Gateways" widget on your dashboard? Does it show any loss to any of the gateways?

                  Here since my secondary is just that I simply use the actual modem address to monitor which will never go down unless it loses power just because I expect that my tier1 gateway will take back over when it comes back up and it always does.

                  Should be true on the highest numerical tier (in your case) 3.. you should not have to ping very far out at all if it is working correctly.

                  Just trying to rule things out.. and thinking out loud.

                  Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                    dond @chpalmer
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                    @chpalmer

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                    This is what is strangest in my dashboard, the two normal likes visually

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                    • chpalmerC
                      chpalmer @dond
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                      @dond

                      widget.jpg

                      Set your weight for all of them to one. See if that does not work...

                      Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                        dond @chpalmer
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                        @chpalmer said in Strange behavior with gateway:

                        Set your weight for all of them to one. See if that does not work...

                        By default it was 1, I changed it in an attempt to fix this, but I'm back now.

                        I'm waiting for the staff to finalize the billing. I'll leave everything as it was and do a new check. I'll highlight everything and come back here.

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                        • chpalmerC
                          chpalmer @dond
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                          @dond

                          Good luck. Be monitoring from the sidelines.

                          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Hmm, if you set the default to the failover group it should show the tiers in the gateway list like:
                            Screenshot from 2025-07-25 01-08-54.png

                            Your screenshot above doesn't show that.

                            When starlink becomes the default do the other two gateways still show on-line as expected? Or is something actually breaking the other two gateways somehow?

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                            • chpalmerC
                              chpalmer @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 https://forum.netgate.com/post/1221361

                              ???

                              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                              Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                dond @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 said in Strange behavior with gateway:

                                When starlink becomes the default do the other two gateways still show on-line as expected? Or is something actually breaking the other two gateways somehow?

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                                It remains online, then I take down the starlink and then the main one comes back on.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  What's shown in the logs when it switches the default to Starlink?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @chpalmer
                                    last edited by

                                    @chpalmer said in Strange behavior with gateway:

                                    ???

                                    When the default gateway is set to a failover group the 'Default' column in the gateways list should show the tiers. But in this screenshot it doesn't: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1221365
                                    That's unexpected.

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