NSM only works on X1
Thekmumm
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So I have been messing with a TZ370 on my test bench and wanted to apply a static IP to X1 but don't have the firewall actually connected to the ISP that uses the static yet. So I thought I'll make X7 a WAN port to and have it connection to the internet via DHCP. The problem is I see the router pull DHCP and can even log in on that WAN address but it never connects back to the NSM. Can I change a setting to make all WAN ports available for the NSM?
Category: Network Security Manager
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So I've had various issues with NSM and firewalls not syncing up, and I brought up to support that my primary WAN is on X2. X1 is configured but unplugged (insert ISP migration explanation). They basically didn't have a response if that was / would be an issue.
Granted my issue could've been a firmware / NSM bug, it was on Gen6 devices. I don't really know because I had to get off of NSM with all the problems I ran into managing Gen6 devices.
My gut says X1 and X2 are reasonable to use for NSM. I would double check your failover / load balancing is using your X7 WAN first.
How would you manage your firewall in a failover situation?
Yes I added it to the WAN failover group. No change.
Ok so it does work on any interface but it has to be in the failover group. Somehow one of the probes was failing and the SonicWall thought it was offline. Once I disabled the probe the firewall connected.
@Thekmumm please use ZT option for now.