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      sacha-la
      last edited by

      I need help to setup LoadBalance with Gateway Groups. I have 2 WANS and 1 LAN. I set up a Gateway Group with the 2 WANS at Tier 1 for both. Then added group to Firewall Rule for LAN. When add the gateway group my internet stops working. The internet only works with one Wan and not Gateway Groups.

      Any suggestions?

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        mastermindpro
        last edited by

        If your problem was like mine when I first tried multi-wan on 2.0, you'll need to disable sticky connections in the advanced settings.

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          sacha-la
          last edited by

          Thanks for suggestion, but un-checking in System Administrator as sticky for Load Balance did not solve problem. I'm still able to use to 2 WAN if I have Gateway Group for my LAN firewall rule.

          Here is how it setup for Gateway Group:
          Group Name Gateways Priority Description
          LoadBalance1 WAN2      Tier 1
                                  WAN        Tier 1

          Firewall Rule: LAN

          Action: Pass
          Interface: LAN
          Protocal: Any
          Source/Type: LAN Subnet
          Destination: check not
          Gateway: LoadBalance1

          Any other suggestions would be great!

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            horsedragon
            last edited by

            it seems PBR can not work with Gateway-group!
            and the PBR now have some question, the last version is not work fine!

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              sacha-la
              last edited by

              How do you setup Load Balance with 2 WAN in 2.0 without using PBR?

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                les_garten
                last edited by

                What is PBR?

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                  TuxTiger
                  last edited by

                  @sacha-la:

                  Firewall Rule: LAN

                  Action: Pass
                  Interface: LAN
                  Protocal: Any
                  Source/Type: LAN Subnet
                  Destination: check not
                  Gateway: LoadBalance1

                  Any other suggestions would be great!

                  Hi!

                  It seems you have the correct settings….
                  Maybe you can check some status pages like: Status -> Gateways
                  The first tab will show the gateways 'solo' and the second will show the status of the gateway group. Mine are like so:

                  Can you ping a direct IP address on the internet instead of a hostname? Maybe it's a DNS problem?
                  Does your Systemlog -> Firewall show 'blocked packets'?

                  Good luck!

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                    wallabybob
                    last edited by

                    @les_garten:

                    What is PBR?

                    Policy Based Routing

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                      les_garten
                      last edited by

                      Thanx!

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                        horsedragon
                        last edited by

                        your PBR can work fine without Gateway Group? in my version, it is can't work

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                          n1ko
                          last edited by

                          Having similar problems. All traffic originating from lan subnet to port 80 tcp (=all http traffic) should go to one gw group but instead its not. If instead of the group use any of the wan gateway it works. 31.3 snapshot

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                            sacha-la
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for all your suggestions. I decide to go back to v1.2.3 until 2.0 is out of beta. Load Balancing works  with v1.2.3 and easy to setup.

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                              dusan
                              last edited by

                              It is strange. From March 26 snapshot on PBR works perfectly for me. I can even use several gateway groups for HTTP traffics, depends on the destination.

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                                TuxTiger
                                last edited by

                                Yes, I can confirm it working for me as well. It's the main reason I'm using pfSense instead of my home brew linux firewall where I only switch WANs on a host bases instead of protocol and time etc…

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