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    Load balancing and multi lan config

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    • M
      Megastar
      last edited by

      thanks for advice. But with this method it's not "real" load balancing like i have on lan1. In your example you forward traffic from lan1 to wan1 and traffic from lan2 to wan2. Sure it's kind of load balancing, but not what i was looking for… I would like to have a "real" load balancing on lan1 AND lan2.  Is this functionnal in 1.2.2 ? I just tried with 1.2.3 RC1.

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        What perry wrote is not about traffic from the clients.
        This is purely for DNS requests from the pfSense to the DNS server(s) of your ISP.
        (To allow pfSense to resolve names even if one WAN is down).

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        • M
          Megastar
          last edited by

          i was talking about the link he provide in example. I already done this for dns. But i still can't have load balancing on lan1 AND lan2. Lan1 can do it, lan2 use only wan… When wan fall, lan2 can go out with wan2.  Is there someone who success having load balancing on various lan ?

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          • GruensFroeschliG
            GruensFroeschli
            last edited by

            Yes. I have it running.

            Can you provide screenshots of:
            interface-status-page
            LB-config-page
            LB-pool-status-page
            firewall-rules LAN1, LAN2
            config-page WAN1, WAN2
            NAT-rules
            AoN-rule

            maybe it's something small which just is missconfigured.

            We do what we must, because we can.

            Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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            • M
              Megastar
              last edited by

              Ok here we go !

              For wan and wan2 config, both have static public IP. Both wan use the same provider, so dns are the same for both connections.

              statusif1.jpg
              statusif1.jpg_thumb
              statusif2.jpg
              statusif2.jpg_thumb
              lb1.jpg
              lb1.jpg_thumb
              lb2.jpg
              lb2.jpg_thumb

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              • M
                Megastar
                last edited by

                the last screenshots :

                lanrules.jpg
                lanrules.jpg_thumb
                lan2rules.jpg
                lan2rules.jpg_thumb
                Aon.jpg
                Aon.jpg_thumb

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                • GruensFroeschliG
                  GruensFroeschli
                  last edited by

                  You say the two WANs are from the same ISP.
                  Are they per chance in the same subnet? (aka they have the same gateway?).

                  The screenshots look good.
                  Actually they look exactly the same as in my setup with different IPs.

                  We do what we must, because we can.

                  Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                    Megastar
                    last edited by

                    They are not in the same subnet, each have different public ip with different gateway. Only dns are equals. Which version do you use ? 1.2.2 or 1.2.3 RC1 ? I'm with 1.2.3 RC1 and maybe it's just a bug on this version…

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                    • GruensFroeschliG
                      GruensFroeschli
                      last edited by

                      I'm running 1.2.2.

                      We do what we must, because we can.

                      Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                      • M
                        Megastar
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for your help  ;) ! I will try to reinstall in 1.2.2 version and test this !

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                          Megastar
                          last edited by

                          Well, i have the same problem with 1.2.2 and config like describe above… Very strange... I really don't understand why it won't work. If you look at lan2rules.jpg i posted above, i can't even ping 192.168.90.1 (which is pfsense interface address on lan2) from my client 192.168.90.10 .   In order to do this, and to access internet, i have to change gateway field in the rule from loadbalance to default. But in this case, no load balancing anymore, just primary wan is used to go outside.  Really odd...

                          Edit : Did you modify something special in system:static route ? Maybe i miss a thing here...

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                            Eugene
                            last edited by

                            @Megastar:

                            i can't even ping 192.168.90.1 (which is pfsense interface address on lan2) from my client 192.168.90.10 .   In order to do this, and to access internet, i have to change gateway field in the rule from loadbalance to default. But in this case, no load balancing anymore, just primary wan is used to go outside.  Really odd…

                            It's is not odd it's normal. Just insert one rule before the last one "allow icmp from LAN2net to 192.168.90.1 using 'default' gateway" and you will be able to ping it.

                            http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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