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Network Scenario
Consider the hypothetical network in which one ISP link is terminated on Port B and Administrator
wants to terminate another ISP link on Port D.
IP Schema
Below given IP schema is configured on Cyberoam.
How To Add Active or Backup Gateway and Configure Load Balancing and Failover
Parameters
Value
Port A
IP Address
10.10.1.1
Subnet Mask
255.255.255.0
Zone
LAN
Port B
IP Address
172.16.16.1
Subnet Mask
255.252.240.0
Zone
WAN
Gateway Details
ISP Name
Default
IP Address
172.16.16.15
Port C
IP Address
10.10.10.1
Subnet Mask
255.255.255.0
Zone
DMZ
Port D
Port D is an unbound port so zone type for port D is set to None
DNS Configuration
Primary DNS
4.2.2.2
How To Add Active or Backup Gateway and Configure Load Balancing and Failover
Physical Interface, Port D an unbound physical port is configured with the below mentioned
parameters:
Parameters
Value
General Settings
Physical Interface
PortD
Network Zone
WAN
Select Zone to which Interface belongs
IP Assignment
Static
Static IP Addresses are available for all the zones
IP Address
10.10.2.1
Subnet Mask
255.255.255.0
Primary DNS
203.88.135.194
Secondary DNS
4.2.2.2
Gateway Details
Gateway Name
Cyberoam_1
IP Address
10.10.2.19
How To Add Active or Backup Gateway and Configure Load Balancing and Failover
How To Add Active or Backup Gateway and Configure Load Balancing and Failover
In the considered example, if the Default gateway goes down and failover condition is defined then
the entire traffic will be processed by the Cyberoam_1 gateway and vice versa.
Please refer Configure Failover Condition section to define fail over rules for the active gateway.
How To Add Active or Backup Gateway and Configure Load Balancing and Failover
During a link failure, Cyberoam regularly checks the health of a given connection, assuring fast
reconnection
when
Internet
service
is
restored.
When the connection is restored and gateway is up again, without the administrators intervention,
traffic is again routed through the Active gateway.
Document Version: 1.0 02/12/2011