Cisco 876 - WAN failover

[OSJF2009SDL]

Hi,

One of my branch offices is connected to an ADSL line as well as a VDSL line.

Since I really don't need the ADSL line I came up with the idea to use it as a backup line.

So I searched google and found this nice little article

http://www.monkeymac.com/knowledgebase/configuring-wan-interface-failover-in-cisco-ios/

I wonder if the router will switch back to the primary ISP if the primary line comes up again?

[Latchum Naidu]

Hi,

You need to config IPSLA in order to failover occur between your ISP's from yor router.

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Regards,
Naidu.

[OSJF2009SDL]

Thank you Latchum,

I understand I need to configure IPSLA, the link above describes how to do that.

What I don't understand is, in case ISP1 fails, will the router switch back to ISP1 as soon as ISP1 is back online? Or will it continue to use ISP2?

[Latchum Naidu]

Hi,

That is what actually IPSLA do.
You need to use metric for the both default routes you point to ISP1 and ISP2

See the below example config what I have at one of my site.

ip sla monitor 1
  type echo protocol ipIcmpEcho x.x.x.x isp 1 gateway
  threshold 3
  frequency 5
ip sla monitor schedule 1 life forever start-time now

ip sla monitor 2
  type echo protocol ipIcmpEcho x.x.x.x isp 2 gateway
  threshold 3
  frequency 5
ip sla monitor schedule 2 life forever start-time now

track 101 rtr 1 reachability
track 102 rtr 2 reachability

interface fa0/0
ip address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.252 isp1
full-duplex
no cdp enable

interface fa0/1
ip address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.252 isp2
no ip proxy-arp
ip virtual-reassembly
ip route-cache flow
no ip mroute-cache
half-duplex
no cdp enable

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x track 101   isp1
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x track 102   isp2

access-list 100 permit tcp any any eq 1720
access-list 150 permit ip x.x.x.x 0.0.0.7 any
access-list 150 permit ip x.x.x.x 0.0.0.3 any
access-list 150 permit ip x.x.x.x 0.0.0.3 any
access-list 150 permit ip x.x.x.x 0.0.0.15 any

route-map indiaisp1 permit 10
match ip address 150
match interface FastEthernet0/0

route-map indiaisp2 permit 10
match ip address 150
match interface FastEthernet0/1

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Regards,
Naidu.