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    Please see my setup below and tell me where I'm going wrong.

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    • J
      jhaywood last edited by

      I hope someone can help me.

      I’ve set up PFSense based on the load balancing guide:
      Router 1 : 192.168.0.3
      Router 2 : 192.168.0.9
      PFSense LAN IP :  192.168.0.250
      PFSense WAN1 IP : 192.168.0.251 using Router1 as gateway
      PFSense WAN2 IP : 192.168.0.252 using Router2 as gateway

      I’ve created a load-balancing pool to use WAN1 and WAN2.
      The problem is that if I set the “LAN -> any” firewall rule to use the Load Balancing pool as gateway I don’t have any connectivity.
      If I set it to use Router1’s IP as gateway it works fine.
      If I set it to use Router2’s IP as gateway, it also works fine.
      PLEASE HELP!

      Once I get the Load-Balancing working, I’ll set up Failover.
      Thanks.

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      • GruensFroeschli
        GruensFroeschli last edited by

        You have the same subnet on all interfaces.
        This cannot work due to how routing works.
        You need separate subnets on all interfaces.

        example:
        Router1: 192.168.1.1/24
        Router1: 192.168.2.1/24
        pfSense WAN1: 192.168.1.2/24
        pfSense WAN2: 192.168.2.2/24
        pfSense LAN: 172.17.0.1/24

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        • J
          jhaywood last edited by

          Thank you. I will give it a try as per you suggestions and report back here.

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          • J
            jhaywood last edited by

            All of our workstations have static IP's assigned between 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.200. We do not want to change these IP's.

            I'm assuming that if I change the PFSense LAN IP to a different subnet, the workstations won;t be able to access PFSense as a gateway. Am I right?

            If so, what would you suggest?

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            • chpalmer
              chpalmer last edited by

              @GruensFroeschli:

              You have the same subnet on all interfaces.
              This cannot work due to how routing works.
              You need separate subnets on all interfaces.

              example:
              Router1: 192.168.1.1/24
              Router1: 192.168.2.1/24
              pfSense WAN1: 192.168.1.2/24
              pfSense WAN2: 192.168.2.2/24
              pfSense LAN: 172.17.0.1/24

              ^What he said!    ;)

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              • GruensFroeschli
                GruensFroeschli last edited by

                @jhaywood:

                All of our workstations have static IP's assigned between 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.200. We do not want to change these IP's.

                I'm assuming that if I change the PFSense LAN IP to a different subnet, the workstations won;t be able to access PFSense as a gateway. Am I right?

                If so, what would you suggest?

                Use different IPs?

                Router1: 10.0.1.1/24
                Router1: 10.0.2.1/24
                pfSense WAN1: 10.0.1.2/24
                pfSense WAN2: 10.0.2.2/24
                pfSense LAN: 192.168.0.1/24

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                • J
                  jhaywood last edited by

                  HI Guys,

                  I set it up as above and it still wasn't working. Then I figured out that I setup my Hyper V Virtual PC's VLAN's/virtual network adapters (is there a difference?) incorrectly .

                  All is working now. Now for the fine tuning.

                  Thanks a million for your help.  ;D

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