Tunnel Routing Load Balancing & Fault Tolerance
Headquarters Branch 1 Branch 2
LAN 192.168.3.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
The settings for the headquarters:
Set the field Local Host ID as "HQ".
Local Host ID: HQ
Tunnel Group
Group Name Remote Host
ID
Algorithm Tunnels
Local IP Remote IP Weight
HQ-Branch1 Branch1 Round-Robin 3.3.3.3 1.1.1.1 1
HQ-Branch2 Branch2 Round-Robin 3.3.3.3 2.2.2.2 1
Routing Rules
Source Destination Service Group Fail-Over
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 Any HQ-Branch2 No-Action
192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 Any HQ-Branch1 No-Action
The settings for the branch1
Set the field Local Host ID as Branch1
Local Host ID: Branch1
Tunnel Group
Group Name Remote Host
ID
Algorithm Tunnels
Local IP Remote IP Weight
Branch1-HQ HQ Round-Robin 1.1.1.1 3.3.3.3 1
Routing Rules
Source Destination Service Group Fail-Over
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 Any Branch1-HQ No-Action
The settings for the branch2
Set the field Local Host ID as Branch2
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