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22.7 Legacy Series / Re: Dual WAN - combining load balancing and failover

« on: December 25, 2022, 12:00:55 am »

Thanks, will try setting as you suggestion.
Marry Christmas!

EDIT: Yes, it works. Thanks once again.

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22.7 Legacy Series / Re: Dual WAN - combining load balancing and failover

« on: December 24, 2022, 11:39:15 pm »

Same symptoms here whenever I try to set both WAN connections with same Tier.

Question: Do you have AdGuard Home plugin set on your opnSense router? (I do). If your response is positive, I wonder if this could be causing the issue...

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22.7 Legacy Series / Re: Dual WAN - combining load balancing and failover

« on: December 23, 2022, 04:13:18 pm »

New to OPNsense...I followed instructions for setting up Multi-WAN for two WAN connections connected to my residence. First connection is symmetrical 1Gb fiber, the second is cable, which has a much slower upload speed.

I created a Gateway group, per instructions, setting the fiber connection to Tier 1, Cable to Tier 2. I also went into the single WAN config and added weighting, 3:1 fiber:cable. Also created the firewall rule that handles DNS to both gateways, as well as configured monitoring on each WAN per instructions.

I'd like to load balance the two WAN's as well as using them for failover, but can't quite figure out how, as the instructions more or less leave some unanswered questions for that config. If I try to set both WANs to Tier 1 in the Gateway group, I can no longer connect to any websites after applying the config. I have to go back to Tier 1/Tier 2 to get things working. I am using the "sticky connections" in the advanced firewall area, as well as in the Gateway group config, where I chose "round robin w/sticky address."

Perhaps what I'm trying to do is not possible, and I need 3 or more WANs to accomplish a combined failover + load balance config. Or am I missing something within the config to combine load balancing and failover for 2 WANs?

Any suggestions appreciated.

I also have two WANs and can confirm that setting both to Tier1 result in being unable to access anything in the Internet. I've followed the same instructions mentioned in the OP. Setting one WAN connection to Tier1 and the other to Tier2 works as expected.