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      Sipher
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      Hi All, I've posted same thread in the wrong group and hope to find some answer here.

      I've below BGP running on pfSense + FRR box,
      - BGP neighbor 1 advertised a default route to me as it is my lSP to Internet.
      - BGP neighbor 2 is a private peering center, local ISPs exchange data here with a cheaper cost/Mbps link. receiving ~10K routes here.

      Issue:
      - incoming/outgoing traffic from Client A to Server 1 all go through BGP neighbor 1 (default route), even I have best BGP route path to Neighbor 2 when 「sh ip route "Client A IP"」, is it possible to send returning traffic to Client A via Neighbor 2? (Because Neighbor 2 cost per Mbps is cheaper)

      Setup on "PfSense + FRR"
      1. all interface are bound with public IPs.
      2. already disabled outbound NAT

      Item pending to test
      1. remove manual added default gateway to Neighbor 1 on next maintenance window, and use the one from BGP instead. (dunno if this would help)
      2. Disable packet filtering

      PfSense 2 is just a firewall box, shouldn't have any issue relate to this topic.

      thank
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        Sipher @Sipher
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        @sipher
        issue solved from the original post, just disable "reply-to" from the FW rule.

        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/165849/how-to-enable-asymmetric-routing-on-pfsense-frr?_=1629724281949

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