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Figure 1: Two Sites With Dual WAN Connectivity

The document discusses configuring a backup VPN connection on a Model RV082 router using a second WAN connection. This is done by allocating a second IP address for the additional WAN connection and configuring the primary IPSec tunnel with backup parameters using the second IP addresses. When the primary tunnel fails, the backup tunnel on the secondary WAN connection will become active without needing to establish a new separate tunnel. The router allows selection of the secondary WAN when creating the primary IPSec tunnel to set it up as a backup for redundancy.

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Figure 1: Two Sites With Dual WAN Connectivity

The document discusses configuring a backup VPN connection on a Model RV082 router using a second WAN connection. This is done by allocating a second IP address for the additional WAN connection and configuring the primary IPSec tunnel with backup parameters using the second IP addresses. When the primary tunnel fails, the backup tunnel on the secondary WAN connection will become active without needing to establish a new separate tunnel. The router allows selection of the secondary WAN when creating the primary IPSec tunnel to set it up as a backup for redundancy.

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The Model RV082 router allows you to set up a backup VPN by simply

allocating a second WAN connection that traverses a different network or


network edge (for example, Cable Modem via MSO and DSL). This requires
additional IP addresses on the WAN side and configuration of additional
backup tunnel parameters on the primary tunnel.
Figure 18 shows two sites with dual WANs. There is only one tunnel to
configure between any two sites for this topology, but it is created with
one backup WAN on each side. The RV082 allows the redundant WAN
connection to be used as an IPSec backup tunnel. If an IPSec connection
cannot be established, a backup IPSec VPN connection is then established.
This is not load sharing. The backup tunnel becomes active on the failure
of the primary tunnel.

Figure 1: Two Sites with Dual WAN Connectivity

To accomplish redundancy on the RVO82 router, configure WAN1 as shown


in Figure 19, then use the router configuration GUI to set up the second
WAN with its own IP address.

Figure 2: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (WAN1)

Next, go to the System Management page and specify that the second
WAN port is being used as a load balance port.

Figure 3: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (WAN2 Load Balancing)

Once you do this, the WAN port will show up in the System summary and
can be selected from the VPN tunnel creation pages.

Warning

Do not create a new, separate tunnel using the backup WAN. Instead, select
the Advanced tab for the primary tunnel, and complete the fields in the GUI
using the backup IP addresses.

Figure 4: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (Summary Status)

Before saving, select the Advanced tab to access to the GUI to specify this
is a tunnel backup, as shown in Figure 22.

Figure 5: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (Tunnel Backup Setting)

Once this is done on both sides of the tunnel and the tunnel is connected,
you can check the status at any time from the VPN > Summary page in
the GUI. The following figure shows that the Primary tunnel on WAN1 is
active.

Figure 6: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (Primary Tunnel is Active)

If you then disconnect WAN1, the VPN > Summary status page will show
that the backup tunnel is active.

Figure 7: RV082 Dual WAN with IPSec Backup (Backup Tunnel is Active)

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