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    Outbound Load Balancing poll

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      ugur
      last edited by

      we use outbound loadbalancing and failover for 4 wan.

      all works fine! (no sticky, no squid, no sip).

      very easy setup and documents enough with forum for setup.

      -
      Ugur.

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        craigdrown
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        we've just set up dual WAN on 1.2 final:
        with sticky connections on, only one link would work, and half the attempted connections would time out (or so it seems)
        turned off sticky connections and all is fine.
        Cheers,
        Craig

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          ilko
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          @ilko:

          Works fine for us. pfSense 1.2 with 2 WANs (ADSL)/1LAN.
          Using sticky connections because of the VoIP devices.

          Appoligies, just rechecked the settings, I confused sticky connections with the static-port option in Outbound NAT, which was used for the VoIP.

          Sticky connections I had to turn off, can't remember the exact issue, but something like no web access when was used.
          Can't recreate the problem at the moment as we are currently on one connection only.
          Sorry for misleading.

          @hoba:

          We are investigating options to kill active states on failed links currently. If it's doable we'll add that feature.

          Thanks for taking it into account.

          Regards,
          ilko

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            Wasca
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            I voted never use it. I have 2 WANS. One is ADSL2+ the other is 10MB Symmetrical link, both with static IP's

            Reasons
            1. I'm fairly new to PFSense
            2. Was concerned with the issues other have seen

            I would like to use it, but when I can be more confident in it.

            Keep up the great work guys, and thanks for the poll.

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              olaf
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              Hi:

              I was using load-balancing with sticky-connections. I need to change to high-availibility due to intermitent connection drops.

              No further investigation due to production environment, but if you need some information, i can activate and debug some information.

              I was using it in 1.1 with specific rules for https and ip checking sites. Update to 1.2 (pfsense full update 1.2) for the sticky-connections option.

              Thanks for your work…

              Best regards,

              Olaf

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                sai
                last edited by

                WAN1 ppoe dsl
                WAN2 static cable internet

                Loadbalancer works fine, no sticky stuff !

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                  ilko
                  last edited by

                  We are again on multiWan. I could play with sticky connections option, but what information would be helpful for you to troubleshoot the issue?

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                    Yvan
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                    I'm setup with multiwan and Sticky connections has disappeared from the page. It has the Load Balancing header and a submit button and nothing in between! I'm on 1.2RC3 I believe

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                      anatak23
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                      @Yvan:

                      I'm setup with multiwan and Sticky connections has disappeared from the page. It has the Load Balancing header and a submit button and nothing in between! I'm on 1.2RC3 I believe

                      Same here, running 1.2-RELEASE (built on Sun Feb 24 17:04:58 EST 2008)

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                        drees
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                        @Yvan:

                        I'm setup with multiwan and Sticky connections has disappeared from the page. It has the Load Balancing header and a submit button and nothing in between! I'm on 1.2RC3 I believe

                        If your WAN connection is a PPPoE connection, the setting is not displayed and always disabled. Not sure why (I'm just going from the source code).

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