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    Sticky connections not working with dual WAN

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      As you see yes there is a redmine on it ;)

      Currently targeted at 2.5 - but its been pushed many times already.. So wouldn't expect... This thread could get added to that redmine I would think.. Might put a bit more weight on looking into it.

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      • TheCableGuy96T
        TheCableGuy96
        last edited by

        Sorry I spoke a little too soon.... should I also set the sticky connections back to "0"?

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          netblues @TheCableGuy96
          last edited by netblues

          @Daskew78 NO, it won't work on web banking sites

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          • TheCableGuy96T
            TheCableGuy96
            last edited by

            Sorry I was replying too fast and missed your update about setting the states to 2500.

            I have set it to 2500 and set each gateway to Tier 1 but I can't see where I set a weight of 2? Where is the weight setting?

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              System > Routing > Edit Gateway > Display Advanced > Weight

              -Rico

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              • TheCableGuy96T
                TheCableGuy96
                last edited by

                ahhh thank you.... i'm testing now... will update shortly :)

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                  netblues
                  last edited by

                  Remember to clear states and source tracking.

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                  • TheCableGuy96T
                    TheCableGuy96
                    last edited by

                    Yeah I cleared both, closed all browsers and tried again on 2 personal servers with single IPs and banking but it's still happening.

                    I must admit it doesn't seem to be happening as much but it is still happening.

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                      netblues
                      last edited by

                      I also see that you have default gateway on a load balancing group.
                      Try to put default gateway to a failover group, (or just one of the lines).

                      It is not recommended to do that.

                      Also, for debug purposes, make a policy routing just for https and put it ahead of general load balancing rule, and redirect traffic to another load balancer (with the same members)
                      So as to make sure https traffic is not mixed with anything else and retest.

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                      • TheCableGuy96T
                        TheCableGuy96
                        last edited by

                        Okay i'll have to get back to you tomorrow as I have to go out now.

                        Thanks buddy :)

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                        • TheCableGuy96T
                          TheCableGuy96
                          last edited by

                          @netblues Sorry for the delay I was busy yesterday...

                          I just want to check we are on the same page here:
                          "I also see that you have default gateway on a load balancing group. Try to put default gateway to a failover group, (or just one of the lines)."

                          Are you referring to the firewall rules defining the gateway for each vLAN or the section in "System > Routing > Default Gateway"?

                          Also, I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean when you say:
                          "Also, for debug purposes, make a policy routing just for https and put it ahead of general load balancing rule, and redirect traffic to another load balancer (with the same members)"

                          Please could you elaborate a little more what you are suggesting?

                          Many thanks pal :)

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                            netblues @TheCableGuy96
                            last edited by

                            @Daskew78 said in Sticky connections not working with dual WAN:

                            @netblues Sorry for the delay I was busy yesterday...

                            I just want to check we are on the same page here:
                            "I also see that you have default gateway on a load balancing group. Try to put default gateway to a failover group, (or just one of the lines)."

                            Are you referring to the firewall rules defining the gateway for each vLAN or the section in "System > Routing > Default Gateway"?

                            Yes..

                            Also, I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean when you say:
                            "Also, for debug purposes, make a policy routing just for https and put it ahead of general load balancing rule, and redirect traffic to another load balancer (with the same members)"

                            Please could you elaborate a little more what you are suggesting?

                            see here
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                            Many thanks pal :)

                            ssl failover load balances first and failovers if both lines are not availabie
                            7fbb4568-3747-4f36-be55-7c3d36252140-image.png

                            so we just make sure https traffic is handled by policy rule.
                            You can also log packets if needed.

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                            • TheCableGuy96T
                              TheCableGuy96
                              last edited by

                              @netblues Okay "System > Routing > Gateways > Default gateway IPv4" is now set to WAN1 rather than a LoadBalancing profile.

                              I think I understand you with the rule but I need to set up the gateway group to assign it to before I can and this is where I'm still a little hazy.

                              Am I selecting one of the gateways in here or both? and what "Tier" and "Trigger Level" please? This is what I have currently but not sure if it's what you are suggesting?

                              screenshot-pfsense.daveaskew.com_10445-2020.06.10-11_56_40.png

                              Thanks.

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                                netblues @TheCableGuy96
                                last edited by

                                @Daskew78 call it ssL_loadbalance so as not to be confused.
                                put both lines as tier1
                                and make trigger level member down, to be on the safe side, while testing.

                                And do check you have weights set to 2 in routing gateways for both wan1_pppoe and wan2_dhcp

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                                • TheCableGuy96T
                                  TheCableGuy96
                                  last edited by TheCableGuy96

                                  @netblues

                                  Can you just confirm these settings are all correct what you are suggesting, please?

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                                  • TheCableGuy96T
                                    TheCableGuy96
                                    last edited by

                                    Forgot to mention I also have the weights set to "2" for each WAN.

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                                      netblues
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks ok and I also see traffic matching the ssl rules...
                                      Also confirm that stickiness is at 2500 (or any other non zero value. - 2500 seems reasonable for any banking site..)

                                      Try accessing some banks/ssl sites.. what happens?

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                                      • TheCableGuy96T
                                        TheCableGuy96
                                        last edited by

                                        @netblues Still happening, unfortunately. I was logged out of my bank so I tried my own server. It was looking pretty stable but I did get logged out. When I checked the logs it shows 2 connections from different IPs within a couple of minutes:

                                        2020:06:10-12:36:55: '217.45.xxx.xxx' successful login to 'user' via 'admin' after 1 attempts
                                        2020:06:10-12:37:24: '5.70.xxx.xxx' successful login to 'user' after 1 attempts

                                        Also sticky connections are confirmed at 2500.

                                        It's just a bug, I guess I'll have to wait until they resolve it. I can work around it for now with static routes/firewall rules.

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                                          netblues @TheCableGuy96
                                          last edited by

                                          @Daskew78 I guess your server is also https.
                                          The thing is that this works nicely here.

                                          If you could create a guest account I could try connecting over the load balancer if you wish.

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                                          • TheCableGuy96T
                                            TheCableGuy96
                                            last edited by

                                            Yeah, it's also https, but I've honestly had enough now. It's a simple enough workaround so I've done that and am moving on. Hopefully, they will fix it sometime.

                                            Thank you for all your help, It's been greatly appreciated.

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