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    FAILOVER RESUME PROBLEM

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      pfmer
      last edited by

      Goodmorning,

      I have a problem with failover configuration.

      My pfsense have two gateway in two different ethernet

      Pfsense version is 2.0.1

      GW1 default
      GW2 only for failover

      In routing group they are:

      GRPFAILOVER
      GW1 TIER1  MONITOR IP 1
      GW2 TIER2  MONITOR IP 2

      In my nat configuration routing is associated to GRPFAILOVER

      Whent GW1 go to down (disconnect ethernet) GW2 became active and my lag go with this

      But when I re-connect GW1, pfsense don't return to GW1 default gw…

      Where I wrong?

      Thanks

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        cmb
        last edited by

        The default gateway switching is off by default because it has issues in some circumstances, sounds like yours is among those. It was removed entirely, but some people complained that it worked for what they were doing, so it was brought back as a non-default option that has known problems. You'll have to dig into the code, or just manually change the default gateway back. In most circumstances you should be using only gateway groups and don't need the default gateway to move.

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          pfmer
          last edited by

          Ok.

          So I can't return to tier1 gateway? Return to the standard gateway is an important feature.

          I have a single gateway group but I can't return to the most important gw in manual mode.

          Where is the code to edit for test this features?

          Thanks.

          @cmb:

          The default gateway switching is off by default because it has issues in some circumstances, sounds like yours is among those. It was removed entirely, but some people complained that it worked for what they were doing, so it was brought back as a non-default option that has known problems. You'll have to dig into the code, or just manually change the default gateway back. In most circumstances you should be using only gateway groups and don't need the default gateway to move.

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            cmb
            last edited by

            Things that go to a gateway group switch back when the other WAN comes back online, that's not what I was referring to. The default gateway switching functionality is separate from that.

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