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    Pfsense Multi WAN IPSec Setup Issues

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      mgajjar
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      I am trying to configure an IPSec tunnel between two sites with Pfsense.
      The IPSec is configured in tunnel mode.

      On the Primary site, there are 2 WAN connections. On the Remote site, there is only 1 WAN.

      I created 1 IPsec P1 on the main site and 2 IPsec P1 on the remote site, which point to 2 different IP addresses on the main site. I also configured the remote site to be in "Responder mode only". So basically, the primary site will initiate the connection.

      On the Primary site, I have a WAN failover group created that handles the failover. Under the IPSec P1, I selected the interface to be the WAN failover group.

      Now, when I test the failover, and if I manually disconnect the existing tunnel and try to connect again, it goes out the WAN2 and gets connected. But if I do not manually disconnect, it takes almost 3 minutes for the tunnel to be torn down, and then it does not try to re-establish.

      Manual re-establishment works with the Gateway Failover, but how can I get it to automatically re-establish?

      What are my options in this situation?

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