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Failover Route using DHCP provided gateway
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It would be extremely useful to be able to use failover routes using DHCP provided gateway, instead of having to specify the next-hop.

For example something like:

set protocols failover route 1.2.3.4/32 dhcp-interface 'eth0' check target '1.1.1.1'
set protocols failover route 1.2.3.4/32 dhcp-interface 'eth0' check timeout '5'
set protocols failover route 1.2.3.4/32 dhcp-interface 'eth0' check type 'icmp'
set protocols failover route 1.2.3.4/32 dhcp-interface 'eth0' interface 'wg2'
set protocols failover route 1.2.3.4/32 dhcp-interface 'eth0' metric '10'

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Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible

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mhamzahkhan created this task.Jan 14 2024, 1:01 PM
JeffWDH subscribed.Jan 14 2024, 1:53 PM

100% agree. I have submitted a similar feature request here:

https://vyos.dev/T5647

Viacheslav subscribed.EditedJan 14 2024, 2:35 PM

Do static addresses/gateways work stable enough?

mhamzahkhan added a comment.Jan 14 2024, 2:49 PM

Oops, I didn't see T5647! Sorry! I guess this one can be closed as a duplicate.

Static next-hop addresses with failover routes work fine for me.

JeffWDH added a comment.Jan 14 2024, 4:23 PM

Can confirm, short term testing worked.

I couldn't test long term as I had to statically assign my DHCP assigned IPs for testing.

Viacheslav triaged this task as Normal priority.Jan 14 2024, 8:13 PM
marc_s subscribed.Jun 15 2024, 8:49 PM

Forum thread with a nice workaround by giuppo77: https://forum.vyos.io/t/wan-failover-with-dhcp/
Not a generic solution but maybe an inspiration for implementation.

giuavo subscribed.Jun 16 2024, 5:07 PM
syncer edited projects, added VyOS Rolling; removed VyOS 1.5 Circinus.Nov 1 2024, 2:07 PM
syncer moved this task from Need Triage to Backlog - Feature Requests on the VyOS Rolling board.
syncer added a subscriber: Global Notifications.Nov 1 2024, 9:19 PM