PFSense doesn't switch back to primary connection in multi-WAN setup

hebein

they are not sure if it is a bug or a feature...

hebein

Still waiting for a solution. My message from today:

Hi Azamat,
the router (WAN_DREI_LTE)  is turned off for purpose at around 02:00 MEST for about one half hour, but then reboots. The netgate should switch to the redundant WAN (WAN_POST_AT) for that time, and then back to WAN_DREI_LTE.

It does not. Today the Gateway was even shown as down (red) in the dashboard, although it was up (because I connected via VPN through this WAN).

Can you please add at least a major bug, as this behaviour is a big problem. My redundant WAN for example is a slow connection and only for cases the fast WAN is not working properly (fallback).
Regards,
Gunther

I hope that they find a solution for that, it can be quite severe if you are using a metered or slow connection as fallback...

renat_kaa

@hebein hi! Just one question. Did you specify different DNS server record for each WAN interface?

hebein

Hi,
i have nothing set there, should I?
i have an own dhcp server service in the lan for clients.

regards,
gunther

renat_kaa

@hebein yes, you can find it here https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/routing/multi-wan.html#dns-considerations
You can use your ISP's DNS record.

hebein

ok, thanks for the hint. tomorrow I will know if it was the solution ;)
If yes, I owe you.

Regards,
Gunther

renat_kaa

@hebein you're welcome! I hope this will solve your problem. Let me know pls)

snore

Did it work?

hebein

Sorry for the late reply. It worked 4 of 5 times by now. So seems to be the solution. :) Thanks @Renat

renat_kaa

@hebein glad to help you! I think log analyzing will help to reach 100%)