WAN changeover
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I have a pfSense box at a remote client site and I need to change the WAN from one ISP to another.
I had a tech on site, after-hours, recently for 2 hours and was unable to get the new WAN working so we defaulted back to the old WAN. Could be a pfSense config issue or even an ISP issue.
The old WAN is plugged into Port1 and we have plugged the new WAN into Port2
Is it possible to make Port2 (new ISP) the default WAN port and have pfSense use Port1 (old ISP) if Port2 fails to work? This way I can test/tweak the new WAN remotely and have it utilised, when it works, so the old WAN can then be disabled remotely.
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@mcmurphy said in WAN changeover:
Is it possible to make Port2 (new ISP) the default WAN port
Yes. Configure the WAN2 interface accordingly with static or automatic IP settings. If static don't forget to set the upstream gateway.
To set the new WAN as default go to System > Routing > Gateways > Default gateway and switch to the new gateway.
and have pfSense use Port1 (old ISP) if Port2 fails to work?
For failover you have to add a gatway group.
System > Routing > Gateway Groups
Set WAN2 as "Tier 1" and WAN1 as "Tier 2" and set a name for the gateway group.
Then set the gw group as default gateway instead of WAN2 gw.