Muti-WAN

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1 Muti-WAN

Muti-WAN enables you to set load balancing and advanced routing when you have multiple WAN interfaces. This module has no use if you only have one WAN interface.

2 Solution

You need to define line solutions at first. For example:

  • "WAN1 Only": set WAN1 as a dedicated line for business servers only.
  • "WAN2 & WAN3 Balanced": for office users to share these two lines.
  • "WAN3 Only": traffic to certain websites will be in this line.

You can add multiple line solutions, for each solution, you need to define the load balancing rank for every interface.

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3 Policy

A solution won't work without policy. Policy is the rule to define which traffic picks which solution. Settings:

  • Source: source ip address or ip range. You can define IP as "Any", "Single IP" or "IP Range".
    • For "Single IP", a single ip or subnet is allowed(for example: 192.168.1.10 or 192.168.1.0/24).
    • For "IP Range", you need to input an ip range.
  • Target, target ip or domain
    • For "Single IP" and "IP Range", the synax is the same as "Source".
    • For "Customize", you can select traffic by "application type", "web categories", "countries and regions" or "custom IP or domains".
  • Ports: target ports to be applied.

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Please notice: Rules are always processed from the top of a list down, first match wins. You may drag the re-order icon to re-order rules.

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4 WAN Failover

"WAN Failover" feature detects line availability, in case one line fails, interface load will be re-balanced.

  • "WAN Failover" is disabled by default.
  • If "reconnect" is enabled, WAN interfaces will be automatically restarted on failure.
  • For "static ip" WAN interface, NGF will automatically ping WAN gateway to check.
  • Use IP addresses for connection testing is recommended.


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5 FAQ

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