Due to some local needs, we need to have a maximum of 50 work stations per WAN. We would like to avoid having one SonicWall for each 50 PCs, as X0 is LAN and X1 is WAN. Is it possible to set X2 and X4 as LAN and X3, X5 as WAN?
The idea is to have something like this:
LAN WAN
PC 1 to 50 -> X0 -> X1
PC 51 to 100 -> X2 -> X3
PC 101 to 150 -> X4 -> X5
ALl PCs are in the same LAN and see each other, but each group is directed to its respective gateway (X0 ip, X2 ip, X4 IP) and then it goes to its respective WAN, as we need an external server to detect PCs coming from different external IPs.
Can it be done?
Best Answer
Since you're doing static DHCP leases in the same subnet based on MAC I would recommend the following:
Use the X0 interface for your LAN and setup the DHCP server with the static leases. To do this look under Network->DHCP Server and select 'Add Static' to set each lease. Use X1, X2 and X3 as your WAN interfaces.
Under Network->Address Objects setup 3 objects as ranges for the IPs you wish to group. Such as X.X.X.1 to X.X.X.51 as IP Group 1.
Under Network->Routing setup static routes for outbound traffic for each range to use the desired gateway. As an example:
SOURCE: IP Group 1 (address object for first IP group) Destination: All WAN IP SERVICE: ANY GATEWAY: X1 Default Gateway (This is the first ISP connection) INTERFACE: X1 METRIC: 2 COMMENT: IP GROUP 1 TO ISP 1
I would also recommend checking 'Disable Route when the interface is disconnected' to allow for low-level failover if the interface gets unplugged.
This will allow you to use 1 LAN interface to accomplish what you wanted to setup.