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    Multi WAN on DHCP Fails

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      stax
      last edited by

      Are both interfaces totally separated?  no linking between them?

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        bgbearcatfan
        last edited by

        It goes like this:

        Wan1
                                                        –->   
        ISP Modem        --->    Hub-----|            ---->    pfSense
                                                        --->   
                                                      Wan2

        /Brian
        /2.0.1-RELEASE
        built on Mon Dec 12 18:24:17 EST 2011

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          cmb
          last edited by

          That log message is what you get when the system tries to ARP something that isn't on a locally connected network (may be possible in other circumstances but that's the only time I've seen it). What's the IP, subnet, gateway like on that interface? Is the gateway and subnet different on each WAN?

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            bgbearcatfan
            last edited by

            The gateway and subnet are the same on both wan interfaces.

            Subnet:    255.255.240.0
            Gateway:  72.49.176.1
            IP's for both WAN's:  72.49.190.xxx and 72.49.185.xxx

            /Brian
            /2.0.1-RELEASE
            built on Mon Dec 12 18:24:17 EST 2011

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              heper
              last edited by

              pfsense does not support same gateway for multiple wan interfaces …
              only way,i know, to get it to work is by putting a cheap linksys/dlink/whatever router in between 1 of the interface

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                cmb
                last edited by

                yeah that's why, that must be another circumstance that can trigger that. The system has an ARP entry for that gateway IP on another NIC, and you're trying to force it to ARP that on a different NIC, and one particular IP can only have one ARP entry. An intermediate box doing NAT on one of the WANs is the way to work around that.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I have seen that before when my cable modem lost sync and some states were still around from the 192.168.x.x IP for whatever reason. Since pf still had states referring to that gateway, the ARP errors continued.

                  Try resetting the states table (or perhaps run pfctl -g x.x.x.x  where x.x.x.x is the IP you're seeing the arp messages for) and see if they clear up.

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                    bgbearcatfan
                    last edited by

                    I'm pretty sure i tried that already, but i'll give it another shot.  Sounds like i might just be sol

                    /Brian
                    /2.0.1-RELEASE
                    built on Mon Dec 12 18:24:17 EST 2011

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      OK. (Actually it's pfctl -b, not -g, apparently had a brain misfile on my last reply)

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                        webdawg
                        last edited by

                        @heper:

                        pfsense does not support same gateway for multiple wan interfaces …
                        only way,i know, to get it to work is by putting a cheap linksys/dlink/whatever router in between 1 of the interface

                        I thought it did now.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          @webdawg:

                          @heper:

                          pfsense does not support same gateway for multiple wan interfaces …
                          only way,i know, to get it to work is by putting a cheap linksys/dlink/whatever router in between 1 of the interface

                          I thought it did now.

                          Only for PPPoE, not DHCP/Static/anything else.

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                            webdawg
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            @webdawg:

                            @heper:

                            pfsense does not support same gateway for multiple wan interfaces …
                            only way,i know, to get it to work is by putting a cheap linksys/dlink/whatever router in between 1 of the interface

                            I thought it did now.

                            Only for PPPoE, not DHCP/Static/anything else.

                            Ahh…No wonder my Multiwan PPPoE is working.

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                              dwaynee77
                              last edited by

                              I don't call that multi WAN dude, one WAN, seperated using switch??

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