Dual Mikrotik failover

RouterOS General
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Hi guys,
I’ve done some reading and can only see references to wan failover but I wondered is it possible to have Dual Mikrotik Failover?

I have an RB2011 at my company and I use it for Client internet access, it hosts several DHCP servers, IP ranges and external IP addresses, If this were to fail all of my clients would loose connectivity!
Can I setup a second RB2011 next to it with the same port configuration to automatically take over if the first failed? how would I go about this and would I need to update both everytime I make a configuration change?

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one solution is:

  • the main rb takes a backup (every some minutes/hours) and sends it to the backup rb via ftp.
  • the backup rb checks the main rb with ping cmd.
  • if the main rb is down, then the backup rb restores the last configuration sended via ftp.
  • if the main rb is up again, then the backup rb restore its own configuration.

both rbs must have the same ethernet cables connected to your network (switches).

3

That sounds perfect, both have Eth 1 - 802Q Eth 2 - Tagged Vlan 2 and Eth 10 - Tagged Vlan4 so thats no problem at all!

Where do I start with the configuration for this? presumably its in the manual somewhere?

4

NO manual about this.
It is just something that i think it would help you as solution.
YOU have to make everything (script - scheduler)

5

VRRP is not a good option for you?
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/VRRP
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:VRRP-examples