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    2.2 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      targat
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      hi

      i installed the 2.2 beta version and when i unchecked the default gateway button i click save and apply change but no thing changed
      i reload the page
      i rebooted the server bu no thing happened

      thx in advance

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        phil.davis
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        What are you trying to achieve?
        I think you are supposed to check "Default Gateway" on the gateway that you want to be the default - the system will uncheck the current default gateway for you.
        I am not sure if it is supported to have no default gateway.

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          targat
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          @phil.davis:

          What are you trying to achieve?
          I think you are supposed to check "Default Gateway" on the gateway that you want to be the default - the system will uncheck the current default gateway for you.
          I am not sure if it is supported to have no default gateway.

          i have three gateway in one groupe

          i followed the tutorial on how to merge those three and i must uncheck the efault gateway

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            heper
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            what tutorial ?

            i see no reason to uncheck the default gateway … without default route pfsense would be unable to check for updates, no bogon updates, various other local services would stop working.

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              targat
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              @heper:

              what tutorial ?

              i see no reason to uncheck the default gateway … without default route pfsense would be unable to check for updates, no bogon updates, various other local services would stop working.

              the default gateway would be the group created before

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                phil.davis
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                If you are using gateway groups for failover or load-balancing then you just put rules on LAN(s) that direct traffic into the gateway group. Then that traffic will failover/load-balance as per the gateway group settings.
                In that configuration you still choose 1 of the internet uplinks (WANs) to be the default gateway. That default gateway is where pfSense goes to check for updates… and where any left-over traffic will be sent. There can only be 1 default gateway.

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                  targat
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                  @phil.davis:

                  If you are using gateway groups for failover or load-balancing then you just put rules on LAN(s) that direct traffic into the gateway group. Then that traffic will failover/load-balance as per the gateway group settings.
                  In that configuration you still choose 1 of the internet uplinks (WANs) to be the default gateway. That default gateway is where pfSense goes to check for updates… and where any left-over traffic will be sent. There can only be 1 default gateway.

                  can't the group be the default gateway????

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                    phil.davis
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                    No, that has been discussed in the forum somewhere in the past but not implemented. And yes, in some scenarios it would be handy, allowing the user to define the order in which the default gateway switched over as WANs go down/up.
                    At the moment you can enable default gateway switching in System, Advanced, Miscellaneous. But if you have more than 2 WANs there is no way to tell pfSense which alternate WAN/s to select in which order as the failover default gateways.

                    As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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                      targat
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                      @phil.davis:

                      No, that has been discussed in the forum somewhere in the past but not implemented. And yes, in some scenarios it would be handy, allowing the user to define the order in which the default gateway switched over as WANs go down/up.
                      At the moment you can enable default gateway switching in System, Advanced, Miscellaneous. But if you have more than 2 WANs there is no way to tell pfSense which alternate WAN/s to select in which order as the failover default gateways.

                      thx for your quick response

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