set up a dual wan, works fine except; I have a pc running to 8.8.8.8 and when I test the failover the the pc continues to “connect” to the internet but the ping fails until I restore the Main connection. While connected to failover connection I can disconnect the PC network cable, reconnect it, and the ping reconnects. What did I miss?
If I understand you correctly, should you stop the continues ping and start it again, you will gt the same result as when you disconnected your PC NIC cable.
It is the way route caching / connection tracking works
no. I have a pc running a Ping to 8.8.8.8 and when failover happens the ping stops and does NOT resume unless I disconnect the cable from the PC. Mikrotik Ping to 8.8.8.8 resumes when failover happens. My PC has to be “reset” in order to get the Ping back from 8.8.8.8
My PC Ping should see a short time out when the faileover switchs WAN’s. Why it does not continue is the problem. Worried I am not really getting a 100% failover since my PC looses a connection with 8.8.8.8
thanks!
Is your failover set up as failover or are you using the term “failover” when you have a load balance setup similar to PCC?
I can see why it would happen with PCC balancing but not a “proper”failover.
set up as a standard failover. 2 Wan connections. Everything works except the fact that I loose a ping to 8.8.8.8 from a PC connected to a Lan port when I test the failover by removing Wan1 from the Mikrotik. The Mikrotik continues to operate via Wan2 and the PC has internet BUT I loose the Ping to 8.8.8.8 and only can restore it if I disconnect and reconnect the PC network cable. Pretty sure I am reestablishing the ping via the Wan2 connection when I physically “reset” the Lan connection to the PC.
Thanks for thinking!
Can you post an export of your config please?
I think export hide-sensitive is the one you need to hide your individual particulars.
I’m not able to export right now since this router setup is intended for a install in a week from now. But, I am sure it can be duplicated since I used a second router and programmed it from the ground up using online video’s. In each case the Ping to google from my PC is dropped and won’t reconnect on a failover test. But, I can physically disconnect & reconnect the PC and the Ping is reestablished.
My guess here is the established Ping on my PC can’t reconnect after the failover until my PC gets a new reconnect to the router. PC still remains online via the internet since each Browser request is treated as a new connection so it establishes that connection each time regardless of the failover.
I think the Ping command, once started on Wan1, fails on Wan2 failover due to constraints in the Ping command in general. I don’t have a failover problem since that works fine. My problem is with the Ping command and how it can maintain a “connection” or not after the failover. I’m old school command line type minded and a Ping in my old world used to be the standard method of testing a link. Pretty sure that Ping is to be used as built and not used in the highly technical Dual Wan networks with load balancing and tougher setups…
thanks for helping me out. I’ll stick with using the Ping command from inside the Mikrotik Router.