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    Two Pfsense each with Seprate Internet routing each other

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      irs
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      I am really thankful once again for the efforts you extended for me I will use these instructions and post the after successful implementation.

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        irs
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        I followed all the instructions and images you have described but sofar am unable to get the internet on pf2.

        pfI can access both pfsense but no internet on 192.168.10.0/24 network (the wan is down on pf2 [192.168.10.0/24])

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          irs
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          I followed all the instructions and images you have described but sofar am unable to get the internet on pf2.

          I can access both pfsense (pf1 & pf2) but no internet on 192.168.10.0/24 network (the wan is down on pf2 [192.168.10.0/24])

          pf1 wan is up and working fine.

          ![pf2 dashboard.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf2 dashboard.PNG)
          ![pf2 dashboard.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf2 dashboard.PNG_thumb)
          ![pf1 dashboard.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf1 dashboard.PNG)
          ![pf1 dashboard.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf1 dashboard.PNG_thumb)

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            "(the wan is down on pf2 [192.168.10.0/24])"

            well that would be a problem now wouldn't it.. How would it work if the wan is down??  That has nothing to do with the transit or connectivity between the pfsenses, etc.

            Why do you have 2 transits?

            What sort of wan do you have that it doesn't show an interface assigned to it for speed and duplex, etc.

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              irs
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              The wan is down since morning on site 2 (pf2) but the site 1 has the internet (pf1) wan is working

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                irs
                last edited by

                @johnpoz:

                "(the wan is down on pf2 [192.168.10.0/24])"

                well that would be a problem now wouldn't it.. How would it work if the wan is down??  That has nothing to do with the transit or connectivity between the pfsenses, etc.

                Why do you have 2 transits?

                What sort of wan do you have that it doesn't show an interface assigned to it for speed and duplex, etc.

                i made another Transit just to see if i have made something wrong.

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                  irs
                  last edited by

                  if one wan on any pf goes down wouldn't it takes over to other pf wan which is up through transit?

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                    irs
                    last edited by

                    what should I do?

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      Yeah if you set it up like that.. But yours doesn't seem down - it was pending, and looks like you removed the interface from it or something?

                      And why do you have 2 transits?  How did you configure your failover?  You should simulate it being down by blocking ping at pfsense gateway, that is how I did it.  Or mark the gateway down.  But you should validate that your can talk to each others networks and go out your local wan before trying to test the failover, etc.

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                        irs
                        last edited by

                        i have changed the transit now only one transit

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                          irs
                          last edited by

                          it is showing up online now

                          ![pf2 dashboard update.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf2 dashboard update.PNG)
                          ![pf2 dashboard update.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/pf2 dashboard update.PNG_thumb)

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                            irs
                            last edited by

                            pf1 internet is working fine, still can not figure out what mistake i made?

                            ![ping 2.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping 2.PNG)
                            ![ping 2.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping 2.PNG_thumb)
                            ping.PNG
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                              irs
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                              can you explain from where the gateway 192.168.9.253 and 192.168.2.253 comes from

                              you have used in your snapshot
                              System > Routing > Gateway

                              Thx

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                                irs
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                                I tried again but same no luck, completely from scratch.

                                Both firewall communicate each other but can not access Internet.

                                I created transit on both firewall

                                Created LAN on each of them

                                Gateway, Static route and gateway group failover on each pfsense

                                Firewall LAN allowed

                                firewall Transit interface allowed

                                but unlucky to get the internet

                                please help me to find the problem?
                                Thx

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  "can you explain from where the gateway 192.168.9.253 and 192.168.2.253 comes from"

                                  As I told you already - those were my wan_dhcp gateways in the downstream pf1 and 2 I setup.. That is just my internet in my setup to mimic yours.  Here is a drawing..

                                  "Both firewall communicate each other but can not access Internet."

                                  Who can not access internet, can your 2 networks talk to each other? 192.168.0 and 192.168.10?  Did you mess with outbound nat?  When you create your downstream route it should automatic create your outbound nat for you.

                                  Your going to have to post your setup if you want me to spot what your doing wrong.  How is it showing online when shows NO interface or connection just "NONE"  How does your wan have a 0.0ms response time??

                                  setupsimyoursetup.png
                                  setupsimyoursetup.png_thumb

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