Kill states and gateway down logging
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Hello
We use pfSense 2.3.2 with two internet link. It is not clear installation, but upgrade from 2.2.6->2.3.1. I have questions:
1. When I check "State Killing on Gateway Failure" on System->Advanced->Miscellaneous, and gateway go down - which states entries cleared? All? Or entries for failed gateway only?
2. In previous versions, when gateway go down, it was a messages like "May 4 06:53:09 pfSense apinger: ALARM: GWLAN(192.168.50.1) *** down ***" in gateway log. Now I not see this messages. Is it by design, or upgrade result?
3. How I can check gateway state externally? In Zabbix agent or SNMP monitor I can check interfaces only, no gateway. Write own script (with ping, dpinger, etc) only? Or method for check pfsense gateway state exists? By log monitoring (see #2), or some command execution? -
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I'm trying to figure this out also, without having to use SSH and wrapping some dpinger commands.
I'm surprised there's no apparent OID for gateway state?thanks!
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3. How I can check gateway state externally? In Zabbix agent or SNMP monitor I can check interfaces only, no gateway. Write own script (with ping, dpinger, etc) only? Or method for check pfsense gateway state exists? By log monitoring (see #2), or some command execution?
In Zabbix you could try adding a trigger for something like {pfsense:net.if.out[igb1].last()}=0 using the Template OS FreeBSD > Network Interfaces to tell if there's been no outbound traffic on an interface for a period of time. I think you need the Zabbix agent package installed for this to work, but not positive.
I have something like this monitoring both WAN interfaces and it seems to do the trick.
Bill