Cisco WAN Failover Configuration via IP SLA

OVERVIEW
This document provides an example configuration on how to setup the Cisco IP SLA feature that will provide 3G/4G Wireless WAN(WWAN) failover functionality with CradlePoint CBA750 product. Below is a network topology diagram of the configuration.

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NETWORK TOPOLOGY
In the following example, we are using subinterfaces on the Cisco 1900 Integrated Service Router (ISR) that have each been assigned a unique 802.1q VLAN tag. The use of this subinterface command will require the use of a VLAN capable switch to be installed between the Cisco WAN interface and the subsequent upstream WAN connections. A good example of such a switch would be any switch in the Cisco Catalyst 2960 or 3560 Series; however, any VLAN capable switch from any number of vendors would fulfill this requirement.

EQUIPMENT
Cisco Router running IOS 12.4T or greater, or the 15.0 or greater branch. You must verify that the IOS for your device has IP SLA functionality. Also please note that while IP SLA may be available in routers with 12.4 and lower IOS software, the commands will differ from this document. Capable examples of routers used in this situation would be the Cisco Branch Office 800 and 1900 Series Routers. VLAN Capable Switch Capable examples include Cisco Catalyst 2960 and 3560 Series Switches Ethernet Wan Connection Examples include DSL, Cable, or Metro Ethernet Backup Cellular WAN Connection CradlePoint CBA250 or CBA750 Mobile Broadband Adaptors with IP Pass-Through capabilities

ROUTER CONFIGURATION
Step 1 Interface Configuration
interface FastEthernet0/0 no shutdown ! Enable the FastEthernet0/0 interface interface FastEthernet0/0.2 description Ethernet_WAN encapsulation dot1Q 2 ! Tags the subinterface to use VLAN 2 ip address 172.22.24.150 255.255.0.0 ! Set the IP address of the Ethernet Wan connection interface FastEthernet0/0.3 description Cell_Backup_WAN encapsulation dot1Q 3 ! Tags the subinterface to use VLAN 3 ip address dhcp ! Setup the backup cell connection to use DHCP for its IP address

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Step 2 IP SLA Setup

ip sla 1 ! ip sla identity number icmp-echo 172.22.22.1 source-interface FastEthernet0/0.2 ! IP address to monitor and interface to ping from IP address can be any address that is stable and will be up reliably. In this case I use the gateway IP address of the Ethernet_WAN connection. frequency 5 ! repeat rate timeout 1000 ! ping timeout in ms ip sla schedule 1 life forever start-time now ! starts the ip sla and schedules it to run forever track 1 ip sla 1 reachability ! monitors ip sla 1 and removes the track 1 route if unreachable

Step 3 ip Route Setup

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.22.22.1 track 1 ! Primary route to Ethernet_WAN gateway using track 1 ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 FastEthernet0/0.3 dhcp 20 ! Secondary route to Cell_Backup_WAN metric of 20, higher metric means that it will only be used if the track 1 route is down due to the IP SLA detecting a failure.

SWITCH CONFIGURATION
Step 1 Trunk to Cisco Router
interface FastEthernet0/24 ! Interface that will connect to Cisco router switchport mode trunk ! allows multiple VLANs to pass on the interface switchport trunk allowed vlan 2-3 ! Vlans that will be used on the Cisco router subinterface, in this case VLANs 2 and 3

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Step 2 Wan Ethernet Port

interface FastEthernet0/1 ! Interface that will connect to Ethernet_WAN connection. This would be the DSL, Cable, or other Ethernet based connection. switchport mode access ! Configures the port to tag only a single VLAN switchport access vlan 2 ! Tags incoming traffic with VLAN 2

Step 3 Cell Backup WAN port

interface FastEthernet0/2 ! Interface that will connect to Cradlepoint adaptor connection switchport mode access ! Configures the port to tag only a single VLAN switchport access vlan 3 ! Tags incoming traffic with VLAN 3

MONITORING
In order to verify that the IP SLA is working, use the show track command to check the status of the IP SLA. Router# show track Track 1 IP SLA 1 reachability Reachability is Down 1 change, last change 00:01:05 Latest operation return code: Unknown

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