Hello guys,
I have a few question about how the failover of a MX68W works.
- When I turn off the WAN1 (primary for us) router or disconnecter its fiber, the failover takes up to 5 min to work. Which is the "normal" behavior. (And its way too long btw).
- But when I disconnect the RJ45 from the router to the Meraki, it looks like the failover is immediate to WAN2.
Is there any difference in the meraki between those two actions ?
Thanks for helping and sorry for my possible english mistakes. 🙂
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You're describing the difference between a soft failover and a hard-failover.
For more info, see: https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Firewall_and_Traffic_Shaping/Connection_Monitoring_for_WAN_Failo...
You're describing the difference between a soft failover and a hard-failover.
For more info, see: https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Firewall_and_Traffic_Shaping/Connection_Monitoring_for_WAN_Failo...
Hello,
Thank you! It's very clear.
In the meantime, is it possible to lower the 300 seconds to something like 5 seconds ?
300 seconds is waaaay to long for us... 😞
I don't know the answer to this but if it can be done, I would suggest that 5 seconds is too short. The soft failover timer is designed to prevent small temporary issues, blips in connectivity etc. from causing constant failovers which may be more impactful to the end user experience.
I would look to aim for something like 30 seconds to 1 minute.
You are probably right. Maybe 30 seconds is fine.
I don't have the answer at the moment anyway. 😛