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    Not sure if my load balancing works

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    • T
      tartopoils
      last edited by tartopoils

      Hello,

      I want to "load balancing" the traffic over my 2 connections. I followed the guilde https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/routing/multi-wan.html

      As you can see, I have a "default" gateway or I want that the traffic go through my 2 gateways (50/50):
      bdc48588-3adc-4cb6-947d-9703f3db804a-image.png

      Sometimes the "default" change and go to the other gateway.

      The routes (as you can see there are a default):
      f69eddb3-4bb6-44ba-8a7f-777ececfcb6c-image.png

      Here's the traffic of WAN1:
      7dbd086e-5477-40e4-8336-1ea9485fe66a-image.png

      WAN2:
      62423017-dcb3-49d2-a1c2-7b1ed78fdd6c-image.png

      Thanks.

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      • DaddyGoD
        DaddyGo
        last edited by

        This is not entirely up to you (50/50), as loadbalancing uses a round-robin algorithm.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing)

        You're on the right way, anyway.

        Cats bury it so they can't see it!
        (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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          tartopoils
          last edited by

          Thanks for the information. Even if it's not "50/50" I just want to make sure my load balancing is working well ☺

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          • DaddyGoD
            DaddyGo
            last edited by

            Try to create a test condition that places a heavy load on the WAN-side connection (gateway group).
            The test should be stronger than your lower performing WAN connection and watch the graphs or log with Zabbix (for example)

            Cats bury it so they can't see it!
            (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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