Multi-WAN support with same gateway on multiple interfaces ***{NOW $650}***
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@cmb:
I would be inclined to support a project with this functionality as well, but I only learned about pfsense and feature bounties today. I am wondering what the trackrecord is and/or likelihood that something would actually be developed.
For this feature, I don't know how likely it is to be completed. This is a more difficult one to implement than ones that have been completed in the past.
Thank you for replying. It seems that there are many many of threads on I see on the internet about "why doesn't IPCop support multi-WANs", and "why is it so hard to get multi-WANs working in pfSense". Therefore, I would assume that well-designed, intrinsic functionality to support a multi-WAN environment should be a high priority.
But nevertheless, are you saying that I should not pledge any money on this project because it is not likely to be completed? I would really appreciate a realistic projection.
Thank you
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Well nobody stops you from pledging!
The problem is that the offer should be serious and so should be your commitment when the bounty is finished.I do not think that multi-WAN in pfSense is difficult, though in 1.3 the configuration has changed somewhat.
The first thing before pledging moeny is stating what are your needs and after that what is your pledge.
Ermal
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@ermal:
Well nobody stops you from pledging!
The problem is that the offer should be serious and so should be your commitment when the bounty is finished.I'm serious about getting something done. I'm not going to pledge money for this idea if cmb is saying it's not going to be doable…....
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Actually it is quite doable and i am one of the possible implementers of it. Just need to be convinced to do it…..
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That's good news. I'm very serious about committing $200 of my personal money for this. I use pfsense for home use only as I am a geek =D I paid a little for the traffic shapper changes even though I do not use it but I hear it was well worth it.
Cheers!
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@ermal:
Actually it is quite doable and i am one of the possible implementers of it. Just need to be convinced to do it…..
Great.. How much total pledge money will convince you?
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How much total pledge money will convince you?
You make your offer and i will give my answer.
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At this point, I am considering pledging an additional 200 USD on top of GoldServe's 200.
However, I would feel more comfortable with a bit more convincing that a feature such as this is even feasible to do in the first place. On page 1, you and cmb were discussing possibilities on how to tackle this initiative, and it didn't appear to have much resolution.
I appreciate your response.
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Sorry not interested with this pledge since it is a major undertaking, really.
For the matter this is doable with some hacks directly to the kernel not fancy ones but it is doable.
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Thanks anyway ermal.
Any other developers out there?
Any other pledges?
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There hasn't been much activity on this thread for a while, but I would be willing to pledge $100 to have this sort of support added to pfSense.
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I'll pledge whatever I can sell my 3 linksys wired routers for, probably $50.
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I mean this would a great thing to add to pfsense considering commercial or SOHO routers that do multi-wan don't have this limitation. I'm willing to add more ontop of my pledge if someone is capable of adding this!
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Can someone change the thread title to be $550? (its more, since goldserve said he would add more to his pledge)
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Would it satisfy you to have a MultiWAN wizard that did the NATing for you? Might be easier to convince someone to do that.
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I think you are mistaken. Right now, if I have 3 cable modems with the same provider, I will be given three IPs that are probably going to have the same gateway IP address assigned to each interface. The only way to overcome that right now is to put a NAT router infront of each pfsense interface so that it sees three internal ip addresses with different gateways. The bounty is to remove that limitation and modify the inner workings of the kernel to route traffic out of different interfaces with different mac address as opposed to routing by GW only.
I think i'm correct in my understanding. Please correct me if i'm wrong.
Thanks.
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Probably not, I was trying to wrap my head around why this was difficult…ignore me...
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My two cents - Why I think this is important.
Many people will say "why go on about multi wan all the time some of us can just about afford 1 ISP link" but some people will have been drawn (myself included) and tried pfsense purley for its multi wan capability when other firewall distributions don't or won't even entertain the idea.
It is one of its biggest draws and the stronger a feature it is the bigger the draw. The bigger the draw the larger the client base and hopefully more revenue for the developers. -
I am definately willing to see $100 towards this project, I've used clark connect forever but am tired of paying 79.99 a year for multiwan capability with crappy everything else. Its DHCP fails every 4 days… as it is now i use pfsens as a dhcp server and only the cc box for multiwan. Please someone persue this bounty, i might even go 150 if its extremely easy to implementand money can sway your decision....
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What I would like to see is the option to make multi WAN idiot proof. I know some people might not think this is a good idea but usability is important.
It would be nice to see a GUI that enables you to:
1. select the two interfaces you would like to do multi WAN on
a. Load Balancing or Failover
2. Enter speed and transfer per monthThen Multi WAN is working. Obviously it may be a little more indepth than this, but I am sure you understand where I am going with this.
