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    Two WANs with failover, accessing WAN1 router through WAN2?

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    • J
      jarlel
      last edited by

      Thanks again. Yes, I see that this is exactly what is happening (through packet capture), it sends the packet out on WAN1 with the originating IP-address (the public IP-address from where I connect from).

      How can I modify the NAT to use the WAN1 interface IP for these packets only?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Make an outbound NAT rule something like this:

        Interface: WAN1
        Source: Any
        Destination: WAN1 modem IP

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          jarlel
          last edited by

          Thanks, I will try that. Can the mode still be "Automatic outbound NAT rule generation" or do I have to switch to "Manual Outbound NAT rule generation" to make this work?

          I guess the Destination should be the IP-address of the WAN1 modem with /32 as mask?

          Thanks.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            Manual, and yes, it would be the modem ip/32.

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              jarlel
              last edited by

              Ok, will this "break" other outbound traffic NAT'ing, that is do I need to add other rules as well to make outbound traffic/NAT work as before the switch to Manual?

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                no, when you switch to manual it makes a proper set of rules that do exactly what automatic was already doing.

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                  jarlel
                  last edited by

                  I tried this and was able to access the WAN1 modem through WAN2, but with a major drawback (Running 2.0.1):

                  When I switch to "Manual Outbound NATโ€ฆ" I am not able to access the web (surf), not able to access the WAN2 modem from LAN and so on.
                  When set to "Manual..." it now uses the host IP on the LAN as from-IP on the WAN-side... When set to "Auto.." it uses the interface IP.

                  It looks like it DOESN'T add the proper set of rules as you describe? Do I need to add rules for every outbound connection or am I missing something?

                  Thanks for your prompt reply.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    If your WANs are setup right (gateways exist and are selected on the interface pages, or they're dynamic) then it should be adding outbound NAT rules that cover those networks automatically.

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                      Metu69salemi
                      last edited by

                      Please give us a screenshot, so we could help you bit more

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                      • J
                        jarlel
                        last edited by

                        I figured it out :-) Added two outbound NAT rules for the interfaces, source "any".

                        Thanks.

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