Using multiple gateways (PPPoE)

RouterOS General
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Hi Everyone;

I have hit a brick wall and would appreciate some input.
I am using PPPoE connections for my Internet and VoIP clients, these PPPoE connections authenticate on my Radius server which assigns a static IP to the client - This is working fine
What I am trying to accomplish:

Forward all traffic that is bound for a specific server (on their wireless network) directly through the wireless interface to the server without it choosing the PPPoE connection as a gateway.

What I have tried so far:

Firstly, I can ping the server, but if I traceroute the server’s IP it is clear that the path is via the PPPoE connection.
I have marked all the traffic destined for the server IP using MANGLE (192.168.110.XYZ) and created a new ROUTE:

Destination: 0.0.0.0/0
Gateway: (first IP of the repeater the MT router connects to)
Routing Mark: (traffic that has been marked & destined to server IP)

(Just as a side note - if you log in to the repeater that connects the clients office and main office where server is, can directly reach the server)

Even though this route is in place and at the top of the table, the packets destined for the server still uses the PPPoE connection as its gateway.

Your thoughts will be much appreciated!
Regards;
Adolph Vosloo.

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This “should” work

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Policy_Base_Routing

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Hi Jerry,

Thanks, I will check it out and get back to you.
much appreciated.
Regards;
Adolph.

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Hi Jerry;

I tried using the polcy based routing but it is not working…
I have subsiquently tried using EOIP as well, but it seems that the connectivity speed is still limited by
the PPPoE account (in this case 1024kbps), and the idea is to connect the two sites (that share a high site) directly
to one another with maximum bandwidth available on the wireless infrastructure.

The PPoE needs to stay connected though and the internet needs to be routed through it.
Im sure that this must have been done before?

Any suggestions welcome!
Regards;
Adolph.

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if client’s computer establishes PPPoE for Internet, and it has LAN (with DHCP, for example) with direct access for local resources, then you need to add routes to those resources on the computer, not on the router

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Thanks - Will test this and give you some feedback.

Regards;
Adolph.