On 5/13/2011 4:06 PM, John Sellens wrote: > | > Anyone seen anything similar, or is this a known issue, or is it > | > fixed in a more recent build? > | > | Check the system log and Status > Gateways, was the primary gateway > | marked as being down? > | > | The default will switch to a secondary gateway if the primary has failed. > > When I connected, the external default gateway was up. > The "other" gateway in my case isn't a secondary - it's > a private link to another network. > > The logs show that the other gateway was down - the ping check > on that interface isn't currently working. My gut feel is that > the primary interface and the upstream gateway were always up. > > In my case using the other gateway as a default route is of > no use, and even if the primary was not happy. I don't see > a way in the "Edit gateway" page to disable the upstream > check, though I suspect I could put a local interface in > the Alternative Monitor IP field.
That is currently the expected behavior, but there is an open ticket to fix that so it's optional. http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1520 Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
