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Uplink Balancing Standby Interface Link Down

matt_ss

I posted this in another area, but got zero responses....so I will try it here:

Site has two separate ISP's providing Static IP's.  Created second External (WAN) Backup Interface on eth2 (Ethernet, eth2 Intel Corp Avoton, Default GW configured).  Uplink Balancing was turned on by default when a second Default Gateway was configured.  We have the Main "External (WAN)" interface in the Active Interfaces section and the backup "External (WAN) Backup" interface in the Standby Interfaces with Automatic monitoring checked.  Under the Dashboard, the External (WAN) Backup interface on eth2 shows State as "Standby" and Link as "Down"  Have we configured everything correctly?  Why does the Link show as Down?  Our goal is to have the second backup interface kick on if for some reason the main ISP goes down and the failover kicks on for redundancy.  Thanks



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    Matt, it was probably one of the volunteer mods that moved this here.

    If you truly want this as an instantaneous backup, there are two ways to accomplish that and both require having the backup in 'Active Interfaces':

    1. Using the wrench icon, weight the primary interface 100 and the backup 0.
    2. Make a Multipath rule that binds 'Any -> Any -> Any' traffic to the primary interface.

    If the second connection doesn't have a per GB traffic cost, I would make the weights proportionate to the speeds of the connections and make multipath rules to provide the best throughput.

    Cheers - Bob

     
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    Matt, it was probably one of the volunteer mods that moved this here.

    If you truly want this as an instantaneous backup, there are two ways to accomplish that and both require having the backup in 'Active Interfaces':

    1. Using the wrench icon, weight the primary interface 100 and the backup 0.
    2. Make a Multipath rule that binds 'Any -> Any -> Any' traffic to the primary interface.

    If the second connection doesn't have a per GB traffic cost, I would make the weights proportionate to the speeds of the connections and make multipath rules to provide the best throughput.

    Cheers - Bob

     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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