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Feature #4458

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pfSsense's own outbound requests should use other gateways not just default

Added by Eduard Rozenberg about 9 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Routing
Target version:
-
Start date:
02/22/2015
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

Hello,

I have multi-wan set up with gateways WAN1 (Default) and WAN2.

If I temporarily take down the WAN1 gateway, the following happens:

1) Accessing the remote package database no longer works -
"Unable to retrieve package info from https://firmware.netgate.com. Cached data will be used."

2) The remote auto-backup feature no longer works:
"[ An error occurred while uploading your pfSense configuration to portal.pfsense.org]"

There may be other pfSense functionality that is also not working when the default
gateway is down - I haven't checked everything.

Feature suggestion:

  • For pfSense functionality that depends on the Internet, pfSense should first
    try to use the default gateway as it does now, but if that gateway does not work
    or is down, it should then try using any other WAN gateways that are up.

Regards,
--Ed

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