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    Problem with carp vip's on wan

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    • J
      jpgator
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      I've got several zones (WAN, LAN, DMZ, DMZADMIN, and PFSYNC), and everything works great up until I try and add virtual ip's for my public addresses.

      Public IP Range: x.x.17.0 - x.x.17.127

      Gateway: x.x.17.1
      Master FW WAN Interface: x.x.17.2
      Backup FW WAN Interface: x.x.17.3

      I read several other threads that said you shouldn't use proxy arp virtual ip's for public addresses while using carp (unless you disable the virtual ip synching) - and to instead use carp vip's.  When I setup my first carp vip for a public address (x.x.17.4), I get a master/master condition (all the other carp vip's show correct master/backup).  My objective is to have several public ip's setup with vip's and then use 1:1 nat.

      I read this typically occurs when there is a vhid conflict or unreachable ip, and I triple checked everything I could think of and don't see any problems.

      • I can ping both wan nics from the lan and public internet
      • The pfsync zone is allowing all traffic
      • The public ip's are only being used by the interfaces/vip I listed above
      • The vhid is unique, and I've tried changing it several times just to make sure

      I assume the public vip will never work properly with a master/master, since both firewalls will try and handle it's traffic simultaneously?

      Please let me know if there is anything stupid I'm overlooking???  Or, if I should use a different approach to public natted ip's.

      Thanks

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      • J
        jpgator
        last edited by

        Anybody???

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