how to add another gateway address to use for WAN ip

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hi all, 
 i want to add another wan ip so another lan subnet can go out a differernt wan ip and not on our main one 
 is this where you do it 
 
 obviously you create a new interface and put in the ip address the isp has given you and in the gateway ip, you put in there gateway ip 
 but this information only appears if you tick "IPv4 default gateway" obviously i dont want to make it tghe default gateway, just want to add another wan ip 
 can anyone please help me please 
 thanks, 
 rob

PhilippRusch · Accepted Answer

Hi Rob, 
 you certainly define it like that! As soon as you start to fill in correct values and then tick "IPv4 Default GW" it will will ask you if this intended and then activate "Uplink Balancing" and "MultiPath Rules" for those interfaces. My setup is like this: 
 
 Then you have: 
 
 If you go to that "tool"-sign you are able to apply a metric:

Additionally, you don't need to use multipath rules, but I encourage you to try this out. 
 Don't forget to do a MASQ for "uplink interfaces"now that you have two uplinks.

BAlfson · Answer

Haigh, 
 You're making this too complicated - it's easier than you think - just follow Philipp's instructions. 
 If you want all of the traffic to go out WAN1, simply make a Multipath rule 'Any -> Any -> Any' bound to the WAN1 interface. You can then leave WAN2 in the 'Active' box and achieve instantaneous fail over if WAN1 goes down. Putting WAN2 in 'Standby' means that you will have a minute or so before traffic can go out on WAN2. 
 Cheers - Bob

how to add another gateway address to use for WAN ip

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