pfSense Dual WAN Load Balancing & Failover Tutorial 2024

Dive into the world of advanced networking with our detailed pfSense Dual WAN Load Balancing and Failover guide. This video is perfect for anyone looking to ensure their internet connection is as resilient and efficient as possible.
Having a single internet connection can be a bottleneck for both home networks and businesses. This tutorial is meticulously designed to take you through every step of pfSense internet load balancing and failover, ensuring that your internet connection remains uninterrupted and optimally distributed across two WAN links.
What You'll Learn:
🧑🏫 The Basics of Dual WAN: Understand the importance of Dual WAN setups and how they can prevent downtime and improve internet speed.
🧑🏫 Configuring Dual WAN in pfSense: Step-by-step instructions on setting up your dual WAN configuration, tailored for both beginners and IT professionals.
🧑🏫 Implementing Load Balancing: Discover how to balance your internet traffic across two (or more) WANs effectively, ensuring optimal usage of available bandwidth.
🧑🏫 Establishing Failover Mechanisms: Learn how to set up pfSense to automatically switch between WANs in the event of a failure, guaranteeing continuous internet access.
🧑🏫 Troubleshooting Common Issues: Tips and tricks to help you overcome typical hurdles you might encounter during your setup.
By the conclusion of this guide, you’ll be armed with the knowledge to implement a dynamic Dual WAN setup using pfSense, enhancing both the reliability and performance of your network connection.
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Please note, this video is intended for educational purposes. It's always recommended to consult with a networking professional for advice tailored to your specific setup and needs.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - pfSense internet load balancing
00:50 - Setting up WAN interfaces
03:00 - Setting up System DNS Settings
04:25 - Setting up gateway groups
09:20 - Setting up LAN firewall rules (policy routing)
10:34 - Setting up gateway monitor IP addresses
13:05 - Loading balancing and Sticky Connections
16:30 - State Killing on Gateway Failure (VoIP considerations)
21:56 - Gateway weight and traffic priority
24:57 - NAT rule considerations
26:26 - Sticky Connections explanation and demo
29:42 - Policy routing for Load Balancing and Failover
30:40 - Final words, like subscribe and all that jazz

[@bekim137]

The best tutorial for setting up the multi wan

[@sheridans]

I'm sure it's not, there's many great tutorials out there, but thank you for the vote of confidence. Some of us just explain things in different ways people prefer.

[@WellingtonL]

Great explanation of the difference options. I now know the why in the settings. Thank you.

[@sheridans]

Glad it was of some use, thank you for your feedback 🙏

[@MrCaLFreddyG]

Very nice work, thank you so much.

[@sheridans]

Thanks for taking the time to say so 👍

[@jhustinlancecastaneda7205]

hi there can you make video for this configuration loadbalance and failover, i want to route all traffic of streaming to dedicated wan port only example video streaming is for wan1 then browsing is for wan2 is it possible thanks ❤

[@sheridans]

Not easily afaik, youd have to create use source or destination groups or something similar within firewall rules.

[@dwirama75]

with nat?

[@sheridans]

Sorry? I mentioned nat?