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Unread postPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:15 am 
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I have to work with a network with 2 routing road, when 1 fail, another will take over.
May I ask if I am possible to set the routing metric / preference in ipcop, so that it know how to route to the spare way when the prefer way is unavailable?

Thank you for all your help!


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Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:47 am 
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Did you read the wiki or search the forum? This has been covered MANY times before.


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Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:48 am 
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ds531 wrote:
Did you read the wiki or search the forum? This has been covered MANY times before.


Yes, I did search from the forum and google it, but can't find anything related, or such problem have some specific name?
Would you mind telling me a link for reference?
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Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:12 pm 
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In simple terms; ipcop is not a router, it is a firewall. Feel free to put a router in front of it...


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Unread postPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:47 am 
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Multi WAN is your search term.


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Unread postPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:58 am 
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up4fun wrote:
In simple terms; ipcop is not a router, it is a firewall. Feel free to put a router in front of it...


Is that mean Ipcop only isn't available for this setting?
I did search for the solution for some time, but I found many ppl said there isn't such solution for Ipcop, I should use another software firewall.
But in fact, I don't need load balancing, no need mulit-wan, just need wan failover (don't know if it is the right term), when one way fail, it goes another way.

Here is my network currently

Internet -| Firewall 1 (SSG5) / Firewall 2 (SSG5) -| ipcop -| servers farm
May I ask if it is possible to set the ipcop go firewall 2 when firewall is disconnected? Can "route add" help?

Thank for your help.


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Unread postPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:59 am 
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ds531 wrote:
Multi WAN is your search term.


Thank you for the information and the search term you provied.
I did search for the solution for some time, but I found many ppl said there isn't such solution for Ipcop, I should use another software firewall.
But in fact, I don't need load balancing, no need mulit-wan, just need wan failover (don't know if it is the right term), when one way fail, it goes another way.

Here is my network currently

Internet -| Firewall 1 (SSG5) / Firewall 2 (SSG5) -| ipcop -| servers farm
May I ask if it is possible to set the ipcop go firewall 2 when firewall is disconnected? Can "route add" help?

Thank for your help.


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Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:05 am 
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Fail over is the same as multiwan in terms of requirements.


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