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    Enable default gateway switching in wrong menu

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      helixxx
      last edited by

      Why is the "Enable default gateway switching"
      option hidden under System -> Advanced -> Misc -> Load Balancing ?!!!
      It's part of Routing / Gateway Groups  !!

      This caused me some serious headache and countless hours of work to figure out.

      The "Enable default gateway switching" option should be moved to System -> Routing, where it belongs IMO.

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        There are other load balancing and multi-wan options there. And System > Routing has no options page.

        Though at some point the options will reach a critical mass and warrant a "Settings" tab under System > Routing rather than being lumped under Misc.

        Also that setting is known to be broken in certain cases (especially with a PPPoE WAN) so we don't want to encourage its use.

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          cyruspy
          last edited by

          @jimp:

          There are other load balancing and multi-wan options there. And System > Routing has no options page.

          Though at some point the options will reach a critical mass and warrant a "Settings" tab under System > Routing rather than being lumped under Misc.

          Also that setting is known to be broken in certain cases (especially with a PPPoE WAN) so we don't want to encourage its use.

          Hi!, I know this is an old post, but couldn't find information as specific like this. If the gateway switching is not desired, how do you set the alternative gateway for the firewall itself?, I'm running PPPoE as a second uplink

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