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by girisnair

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Hi,
In my office I have 2 internet routers.
i.e 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2 wired & wireless.
All the pcs on the network are given 192.168.0.1 as default gateway. If there is a breakdown on the 192.168.0.1 then the users are not able to connect to the internet. I have added 192.168.0.2 as additional gateway in all the pcs.
What cud be the problem. If I change the default gateway to 192.168.0.2 then it connects.
I want the pcs connect automatically if there is breakdown to the second gateway.
Help pls.

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by fregeus

You need a fail over configuration to achieve what you are looking for. Without it, the pcs will never be able to do it automatically.

With Cisco routers, you can configure HSRP which will enable the two devices to talk to each other, if one fails, the other will automatically take over with the Standby address.

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by robo_dev

and there is a feature 'dead gateway detection' that will remove your secondary gateway setting automatically.

The only proper way to do what you want is to deploy a dual-wan router of some sort.

Windows can do some simple routing, but it cannot do failover.

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