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    Need Help (3 WANs Load Balance and failover)

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    • N
      nassman
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I will setup 3 WANs and 1 LAN on my pfsense server,so i need the Gateways and Groups settings.
      I need the following:
      1- Add 3 Gateways in routing.

      2- Load balance between 3 WANs.
         set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 1 tier 1 , is correct or not?.

      3- if Wan 1 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 2 and Wan 3.
         set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 2 , is correct or not?.

      4- if Wan 2 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 1 and Wan 3.
         set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 1 tier 2 , is correct or not?.

      5- if Wan 3 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 1 and Wan 2.
         set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 2 tier 1 , is correct or not?.


      about points 6,7, and 8, i not sure about settings,

      6- if wan 1 and wan 2 fail, preferred wan 3
         set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 1 tier 2 , is correct or not?

      7- if wan 2 and wan 3 fail, preferred wan 1
        set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 1 tier 1 , is correct or not?

      8- if wan 3 and wan 1 fail, preferred wan 2
        set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 1 , is correct or not?


      about points 9, i not sure about it, is need or not,
      9- set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 3 , is correct or not?

      i wait; thanks

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        brcisna
        last edited by

        Follow this link, and you can make happen what you are wanting to accomplish:

        http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN_Version_1.2.x

        Good Luck

        BC

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          nassman
          last edited by

          thanks man, but i using 2.0 beta-5, i using it with two WANs, and now i want to add third WAN,
          the link you sent about 1.2.x
          thanks

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            @nassman:

            2- Load balance between 3 WANs.
               set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 1 tier 1 , is correct or not?.

            Yes. If you just want load balancing, that's really all you need. You don't need additional groups or anything else.

            @nassman:

            3- if Wan 1 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 2 and Wan 3.
               set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 2 , is correct or not?.

            Yes. That will only use WAN1, but if it fails, it will fail to balancing 2+3.

            @nassman:

            4- if Wan 2 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 1 and Wan 3.
               set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 1 tier 2 , is correct or not?.

            Yes.

            @nassman:

            5- if Wan 3 fail, preferred load balance between Wan 1 and Wan 2.
               set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 2 tier 1 , is correct or not?.

            Yes.

            @nassman:

            6- if wan 1 and wan 2 fail, preferred wan 3
               set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 1 tier 2 , is correct or not?

            That would balance 1 and 2 and if they both fail, go to 3.

            @nassman:

            7- if wan 2 and wan 3 fail, preferred wan 1
              set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 2 tier 1 tier 1 , is correct or not?

            Yes, see 6.

            @nassman:

            8- if wan 3 and wan 1 fail, preferred wan 2
              set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 1 , is correct or not?

            Yes, see 6.

            @nassman:

            about points 9, i not sure about it, is need or not,
            9- set===>Wan 1 + 2 +3 on tier 1 tier 2 tier 3 , is correct or not?

            That would prefer only wan1, if it fails, use 2. If 1 and 2 are both down, use 3.

            You can make it that complex if you want, but if you really just want load balancing, you just need one group with 1, 2, 3 all in tier 1.

            The rest only needs to be as complex as you want to make it.

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              nassman
              last edited by

              thank you jimp,

              You can make it that complex if you want, but if you really just want load balancing, you just need one group with 1, 2, 3 all in tier 1.

              The rest only needs to be as complex as you want to make it.

              if i use one group with 1, 2, 3 all in tier 1, if any WAN fail, will others WANs work with out i add any other groups.
              thanks

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                That's correct. If one fails it will just balance the other two. If two fail it will use whichever one is left over.

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                  nassman
                  last edited by

                  thank you very much.

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