RB2011 with 2 WANs

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Hello,

I have two WAN ports on my RB2011. My default masquerade rule says that the traffic goes out via WAN_1.
Now I want to set up an Socks Proxy on my DMZ which should route all the traffic via a masquerade rule out on WAN_2.

Can I control this via a second masquerade rule where I set the src address that the RB2011 knows that packets from my Socks proxy goes out via WAN_2?

What happens if I set two masquerade rules (one for WAN_1 and the second for WAN_2) without any more detailed parameters?
Will then the firewall decide where the packet goes out? Will it first try to send it via WAN_1 but if the firewall drops this, will then the WAN_2 dgateway tried for sending the packet?

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Hi,

First off the masquerade rules simply allow for the natting. Making decisions on which path the traffic should take would be accomplished using mangle rules or potentially /ip route rules

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Per-Traffic_Load_Balancing ← This is a good introduction close to what you want to achieve.

Remember the wiki is always a great place to start.

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Thanks. :slight_smile: