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    PfSense 2.0 Gateway Tier question

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      stramato
      last edited by

      In 2.0, Systems>Gateway Groups

      We assign Tiers for each WAN connection.

      Example I do this for my internet connections:

      WAN: Tier1
      OPT1: Tier2
      OPT2: Tier3

      So pfSense Load Balancer will max out WAN 1st, then if it's max'd out, proceed using OPT1, then if it's max'd out, proceed using OPT2?

      alternatively, if the scenario is as with below:

      WAN: Tier1
      OPT1: Tier1
      OPT2: Tier1

      It will Round Robin Load Balance between the 3 internet connections.

      Is this correct? Or is my understanding wrong?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        That is not how they work.

        The tiers are for failover. In your first scenario, OPT1 would be used if WAN died. OPT2 would be used if both WAN and OPT1 died.

        The second scenario is correct. WANs on the same tier are round-robin connection balanced.

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