Wan Optimization Support

Technical => Troubleshooting => : ahenning March 18, 2015, 02:35:18 PM

: FAQ: Peer Down
: ahenning March 18, 2015, 02:35:18 PM
By default wanos is in bridge/switch mode. This means traffic flows through wanos transparently as if it was a single cable.

In a simple point to point deployment, no configuration is essential to get peers online. No traffic policies, No multisite configs. Not even IP Addresses. Simple plug and play.

Requirement to get peers online:
1) Cabled correctly: wan0 needs to connect to the wan router and lan0 needs to connect to the lan switch. Check the logs, check the macs, switch port roles if required.
2) Traffic: Peer will detect each other automatically once TCP traffic flows. When traffic stops, peers move into idle mode to make failover seamless.
3) Flow: Traffic needs to flow through both devices in both directions. Check interface bandwidth graphs to ensure traffic flows in and out.
4) Firewalls (http://wanos.co/docs/docs/wanos-admin-guide/troubleshooting/firewalls/): Some firewalls strip TCP Options. If this is suspected, enable UDP encap on all ends.