Multiple WAN DNS issue when primary fails
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@cmb
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FINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM TODAY!!!
In every guide and instruction sheet I have read for configuring multiwan, not once was there instructions that included this necessary and very important step in a way that a beginner could easily understand: Edit the default LAN rule in Firewall->Rules by clicking edit on the rule that has a row that contains "LAN net". Then change Gateway setting drop-down to whatever you named the gateway you created with the Wan1 fallover to Wan2.
Here is a link to a simple and basic working guide for multiwan setup on pfSense 2.0. The top of the guide is for 1.2, but scroll about half-way down to see the 2.0 guide: http://skear.hubpages.com/hub/Dual-Wan-Router-How-To-Build-One-On-a-Budget. Combine that info with the other guides out there for setting up traffic shaping and it works great!
Thanks!
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The instructions for 2.0 here:
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN_2.0Mention using the rules twice – once in the summary of required steps, and again later under "Firewall Rules"
It even mentions editing your existing rule and changing the gateway.
Not sure what doc you were reading that skipped it.
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You misread my statement. I said it's not there in a way a beginner with pfSense can understand what to do. I did not understand what exactly was meant by those instructions (and had thus gotten it wrong) until I read the guide I linked to where the writer detailed Exactly How to create the Firewall Rules…
That step is just confusing in the 2.0 docs. (edit: likely because I'm not engrossed in large corporate network configuration daily ;) I tend to work with smaller companies with 3-10 employees, but this one had outgrown a single dsl line)
