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    Setup failover WAN, now some ipsec-destined traffic bypasses ipsec vpns?

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      TeknikL
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      Hi all,

      I setup the gateway group with both my gateways, one tier1 and one tier2.

      I modified the fw rule on the LAN network to allow LAN traffic and added the gateway group as the gateway under advanced per the instructions I followed but then the traffic to one of the VPNs going to 10.254.254.10/32 started going out the WAN (tier1) gateway instead of following the ipsec vpn which has that IP scoped.

      I removed the gateway group under advanced and its working normally again.

      How do I get this working with WAN failover and the ipsec at the same time? did I do something wrong?

      Thanks!

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        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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        When you add multi-wan, you add policy routing. You need to bypass policy routing for local destinations including remote VPN endpoints. Policy routing bypasses the firewall's routing table, including IPsec traffic selectors.

        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Bypassing_Policy_Routing

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