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    Dual WAN Setup on XG-7100

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Ragnar has not logged in since Aug 2018 so I think you may be waiting a while! 😉

      What part are you stuck on? What's not working?

      Did you get the gateway monitoring tuned so both gateways show as on-line?

      The XG-7100 part of the config you already had correct. It was the gateway failover part that was working. It would be no better on other harwdare.

      Steve

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        ragnar00
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        Hey! Sorry for not logging in for so long... :) @wintok and @stephenw10

        So, yes I did get this running. I had 1gb up/down fiber and 1 gb/40mb up/down cable with failover running.

        I've since (sadly) got rid of the cable line so I no longer have 2 WAN connections, however I'm pretty sure that I did not change the config. If you need updates @wintok I'll get some updated screenshots and post them. LMK

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          wintok @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          I have not given up completely on XG-7100. I did manage to setup dual wan config successfully during the week-end.

          Happy to share with you guys if you need it.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Good to hear. 👍

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              Timbobx
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              @wintok Can you share with me the configuration of the dual wan on the xg-7100?
              I am getting mad with the marvel chip.

              Best Rehards Tim

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                What problem are you seeing?

                Trying to setup a seconds WAN port on the switch?

                Steve

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                  Timbobx
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                  Yes need to setup 3 additional WAN Ports (totally 4 WAN and 2 LAN Ports) for a fallback and smart rooting.

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                    Timbobx @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 Forgot to reply direct to you.
                    Yes I want to setup additional WAN ports on the switch.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ok, so, in summary, you need to:

                      Add a new VLAN on lagg0 from Interfaces > Assign to use as WAN2 for example 4092

                      Configure the switch to use that new VLAN. You can use the default WAN (4090) as an example here.
                      On the Switch > Ports tab chage the PVID of the port you want to use to the new ID, for example 4092.
                      On the Switch > VLAN tab add a new VLAN group with the new ID (4092).
                      Add to it the port you want to use as untagged and 9 & 10 as tagged.

                      Remove the port you;re using from the LAN vlan group (4091).

                      We did a hangout on this with a lot more detail:
                      https://youtu.be/NgRy14rYhV8

                      Steve

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                        wintok @Timbobx
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                        @Timbobx
                        Hi Timbox

                        I use ports ETH1 (primary) and ETH2 (secondary) for WAN connections. First you need to change Port VID of the Port (in my case ETH2) for your secondary WAN connection. The default Port VID is 4091 and I changed to 4092. It's editable , double click , change , click and hit save. [Interfaces->Switch->System->Ports]
                        Assign port eth2 to 4092.PNG

                        For the next part you need to add your VLANs and add members [Interfaces->Switch->System->VLANs]
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                        Secondary Internet Connection.PNG

                        Add port 2 (untagged) and port 9 and 10 both as tagged members above. Incase If you need to compare the configuration for the primary WAN see below. It has members port 1 (untagged) and 9 and 10 both as tagged memebers.

                        primary Internet Connection.PNG

                        When you finish the above configuration next you need to your configure VLANs again but this time you add your vlan 4092 and choose your parent interface.
                        [Interfaces->Assingments->VLANs]
                        4.PNG
                        For Parent interface choose lagg0 for VLAN Tag enter 4092 and VLAN Priority leave as 0 and for description give wan2 for instance (in my case ATHKL) and Hit save

                        3.PNG

                        At this stage the new interface is now ready to be configured
                        Interfaces->Assingments->Interface Assingments
                        Click on new interface see below and configure its ip settings.
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                        6.PNG

                        Your second WAN should be up and running if follow the instructions correctly. You might also might need to configure WAN fail over to utilize the two connections ....

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                          Timbobx
                          last edited by Timbobx

                          @stephenw10 said in Dual WAN Setup on XG-7100:

                          4092
                          @wintok

                          Thanks! For the work/ documentation.

                          My open questions is, where can I change the MAC-Adresses of the interfaces. I need different MAC-Addresses on each interface. I have an ISP with lines of 1000 MBit. But the ISP is sending me 3 times the same IP because on 3 ports I have the same MAC-Adddress. And I cannot find a place where I can change it on the parent interface.

                          Example WAN2 VLAN 4083 on ETH3
                          15817de3-8bff-43ed-97c8-4fd663998335-grafik.png

                          has lagg0 as parent device.
                          Like WAN3 VLAN 4084 on ETH4 and
                          like WAN4 VLAN 4085 on ETH5

                          153cfb76-73ca-48e2-ad5a-56dd7cd8d76e-grafik.png

                          What did I wrong?

                          Best Regards Tim

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            That's a problem.
                            The VLAN interface inherits it's MAC address from the parent interface and all those VLANs are on the same parent, lagg0.
                            It's possible to separate the lagg interface and usr the two ix NICs are parent to give two MAC addresses.

                            It's a horrible hack but you may be able to create a single interface bridge where you can spoof the MAC to give 3 total.

                            Really though you should have the expansion card to use 4 discrete NICs for that.

                            Steve

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                              sgw @naalpv
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                              @naalpv too bad, it's gone ;-)

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