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      ravi.pillai
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      Hello Everyone,
      I am facing a weird issue with pfsense.
      Dual wan links have been configured with failover and loadbalancing rules. One of the links randomly shows  'latency' and later 'offline'.
      It comes back online after say 30 secs. If i disable and enable the interface; it comes online quicker. Also if I connect that line directly to only one computer , it will work great but not otherwise.
      I updated the firewall to the latest 2.2.2v but that also has not solved the issue.
      Please help me with this issue as its getting more frequent each day.

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        I am facing a weird issue with pfsense.

        Perhaps you are only in a so called thinking false!

        Dual wan links have been configured with failover and loadbalancing rules. One of the links randomly shows  'latency' and later 'offline'.

        In normal you have to decide betewen load balancing (both WAN lines are active) and
        fail over (only online and is active)! Can this be the problem at all?

        Please try setting up the following:

        • Dual WAN load balancing by using policy based routing

        So you will be getting the most out of it, because both WAN lines are active and if one fails
        the other WAN line will be used alone.

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          ravi.pillai
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          @BlueKobold:

          I am facing a weird issue with pfsense.

          Perhaps you are only in a so called thinking false!

          Dual wan links have been configured with failover and loadbalancing rules. One of the links randomly shows  'latency' and later 'offline'.

          In normal you have to decide betewen load balancing (both WAN lines are active) and
          fail over (only online and is active)! Can this be the problem at all?

          Please try setting up the following:

          • Dual WAN load balancing by using policy based routing

          So you will be getting the most out of it, because both WAN lines are active and if one fails
          the other WAN line will be used alone.

          Thank you for your response.
          The failover and load balancing rules have been configured seperately to seperate usage. Ill attach snapshots of the config.

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