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    How to set up a basic fail-rollover WIth 2 wans

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      ghurty
      last edited by

      I have what is probably a very simple question:

      I have a netgate box with 1 X Lan and 2 X WAN (WAN - Cable, and what I called VZWAN-dsl).

      I want it that normally all traffic should use the WAN. However if the internet is not reachable through WAN (cable is down), automatically, all traffic should go through VZWAN.

      How would I do this?

      Thanks

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        Delex
        last edited by

        Open load balancer from the services menu, setup a new pool and select failover in stead of load balance.

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          ghurty
          last edited by

          Thank you, but only the WAN interface is avalailable from the drop down list. The other one (opt 1), Does not show up.

          Thanks

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            margen
            last edited by

            Did you check "Enable Optional 1 interface"?

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              ghurty
              last edited by

              Yes. I also noticed that in the interface configuration, it does not give any ppoe, pptp, etc.. options

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                margen
                last edited by

                This is correct if you are using 1.2.3-release. You only get those on the WAN. Beta 2.0 supports multiple pppoe's, I think.

                As for your problem, I can't think of any other reason why OPT1 wouldn't show in the load balancer.

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                  ghurty
                  last edited by

                  On the other hand, I noticed that there is a tab for it under DHCP server.
                  I guess it thinks it a LAN. How do I tell it that it is supposed ot be used for a WAN connection?

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                    margen
                    last edited by

                    That's normal as well. OPT1 could be a second LAN, thus the option to enable DHCP server on it's side.

                    Under Status -> Interfaces does it show the OPT1 status as UP? Have you setup static IP and gateway or has it autoconfigured those if you use DHCP to receive those settings.

                    Shoud look something like this:

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