MikroTik RouterOS v7 dual DHCP WAN recursive failover w/ PCC load-balancing; and recursive ECMP

router.cfg

# feb/11/2022 11:00:55 by RouterOS 7.2rc3
# software id = 9QK9-C798
#
# model = RB5009UG+S+
# serial number = XXXXXXXXXX

/ip settings set allow-fast-path=no

/interface bridge add admin-mac=FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF auto-mac=no name=bridge

/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether3
/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether4
/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether5

/interface list add name=WAN
/interface list add name=LAN

/interface list member add interface=bridge list=LAN
/interface list member add interface=ether1 list=WAN
/interface list member add interface=ether2 list=WAN
#/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether6
#/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether7
#/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=ether8
#/interface bridge port add bridge=bridge ingress-filtering=no interface=sfp-sfpplus1

/ip address add address=192.168.88.1/24 interface=bridge network=192.168.88.0
/ip dns static add address=192.168.88.1 name=router.lan
/ip pool add name=pool1 ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254
/ip dhcp-server add address-pool=pool1 interface=bridge name=dhcp1
/ip dhcp-server network add address=192.168.88.0/24 dns-server=192.168.88.1 gateway=192.168.88.1

/ip dhcp-client add interface=ether1 add-default-route=no script=":if (\$bound=1) do={\r\
    \n    /ip/route/set [find where comment=\"ISP1\"] gateway=\$\"gateway-address\"\r\
    \n}\r\
    \n\r\
    \n/ip/firewall/connection/remove [find connection-mark=\"ISP1_conn\"]\r\
    \n/ip/firewall/connection/remove [find connection-mark=\"ISP2_conn\"]\r\
    \n" use-peer-dns=no use-peer-ntp=no
/ip dhcp-client add interface=ether2 add-default-route=no script=":if (\$bound=1) do={\r\
    \n    /ip/route/set [find where comment=\"ISP2\"] gateway=\$\"gateway-address\"\r\
    \n}\r\
    \n\r\
    \n/ip/firewall/connection/remove [find connection-mark=\"ISP1_conn\"]\r\
    \n/ip/firewall/connection/remove [find connection-mark=\"ISP2_conn\"]" use-peer-dns=no use-peer-ntp=no


/routing table add fib name=to_ISP1
/routing table add fib name=to_ISP2

/ip route
# recursive routes for ECMP default gateways, dst-address are public DNS servers
add distance=1 dst-address=9.9.9.9/32 gateway=ether1 scope=10 target-scope=10 comment=ISP1
add distance=1 dst-address=8.26.56.26/32 gateway=ether2 scope=10 target-scope=10 comment=ISP2

# ECMP default gateways
add check-gateway=ping distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=9.9.9.9 scope=10 target-scope=11
add check-gateway=ping distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=8.26.56.26 scope=10 target-scope=11

# recursive routes for default gateways, dst-address are public DNS servers
add dst-address=64.6.64.6/32 gateway=ether1 scope=10 comment="ISP1"
add dst-address=208.67.220.220/32 gateway=ether1 scope=10 comment="ISP1"
add dst-address=208.67.222.222/32 gateway=ether2 scope=10 comment="ISP2"
add dst-address=64.6.65.6/32 gateway=ether2 scope=10 comment="ISP2"

# load-balanced w/ auto failover default gateways
add check-gateway=ping distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=64.6.64.6 routing-table=to_ISP1 scope=10 target-scope=11
add check-gateway=ping distance=2 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=64.6.65.6 routing-table=to_ISP1 scope=10 target-scope=11
add check-gateway=ping distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=208.67.222.222 routing-table=to_ISP2 scope=10 target-scope=11
add check-gateway=ping distance=2 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=208.67.220.220 routing-table=to_ISP2 scope=10 target-scope=11


/ip firewall address-list add address=192.168.88.0/24 list=local
/ip firewall mangle
add action=accept chain=prerouting comment="bridge access" dst-address-list=local in-interface-list=LAN

# WAN to LAN
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark connection-state=established,related in-interface=ether1 new-connection-mark=ISP1_conn \
    passthrough=yes
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark connection-state=established,related in-interface=ether2 new-connection-mark=ISP2_conn \
    passthrough=yes
    
# PCC mangles    
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark dst-address-list=!local dst-address-type=!local in-interface-list=LAN new-connection-mark=ISP1_conn passthrough=yes per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/0
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark dst-address-list=!local dst-address-type=!local in-interface-list=LAN new-connection-mark=ISP2_conn passthrough=yes per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/1
    
    
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ISP1_conn in-interface-list=LAN new-routing-mark=to_ISP1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ISP2_conn in-interface-list=LAN new-routing-mark=to_ISP2 passthrough=yes

add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ISP1_conn dst-address-list=!local new-routing-mark=to_ISP1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ISP2_conn dst-address-list=!local new-routing-mark=to_ISP2 passthrough=yes

# masquerade
/ip firewall nat add action=masquerade chain=srcnat ipsec-policy=out,none out-interface-list=WAN

Hi @nhan6310 how can we connect to get this configuration set?

I tested this on a MikroTik RB4011, and it worked perfectly. However, I'm encountering an issue that perhaps you could assist with: the load balancing is happening constantly (meaning a PC is continuously switching between the two WANs). Is there a way to configure WAN balancing based on the client's IP?

@quinont the easiest way to to change this is to change the pre routing mangle rule to included a src address list and then you can specify which IP get load balanced or not

Below is how mines looks

add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting
connection-mark=no-mark dst-address-type=
!local in-interface-list=LAN
new-connection-mark=ISP1_conn passthrough=yes
per-connection-classifier=
both-addresses-and-ports:2/0 src-address-list=
MultiWAN-Clients
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting
connection-mark=no-mark dst-address-type=
!local in-interface-list=LAN
new-connection-mark=ISP2_conn passthrough=yes
per-connection-classifier=
both-addresses-and-ports:2/1 src-address-list=
MultiWAN-Clients

any one can give me recursive fail over gate way
im using NTH
my ip : gateway
my dns :8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4,1.1.1.1
wan1 192.168.1.1
wan2 192.168.254.254
wan3 192.168.0.1

Jovem, que configuração excelente. Testamos em laboratório de bancada, fizemos testes de estresse, usamos conexões diferentes (pppoe, client, etc), e tudo funcionou perfeitamente. Meus parabéns e muito obrigado pelo compartilhamento.

 # WAN to LAN
 add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark connection-state=established,related in-interface=ether1 new-connection-mark=ISP1_conn \
     passthrough=yes
 add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting connection-mark=no-mark connection-state=established,related in-interface=ether2 new-connection-mark=ISP2_conn \
     passthrough=yes

These rules are not only from WAN to LAN connections, they also catch connections directed to the router itself (if you remove the connection-state=stablished,related), thats the reason why this two rules also exist:

 add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ISP1_conn dst-address-list=!local new-routing-mark=to_ISP1 passthrough=yes
 add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ISP2_conn dst-address-list=!local new-routing-mark=to_ISP2 passthrough=yes

The output rules are using already marked connections that were directed to the router itself, and now they serve the purpose to route the connections to output from the same interface that they did enter. This have nothing to do with the ECMP routes, the ECMP routes are used only for new originated connections from the router itself to the internet, so you can ping 8.8.8.8 from the router and it will choose one of the two routes, then ping 8.8.4.4 and it may choose the another.

Sorry for my english.