Static route to ip not gateway

[iekozz]

Hi all,

For my isp here in the netherlands I need to make a route to ip route to ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 145.54.xx.xx with a static ip on the wan side.

However, when I add a static route, it only allows me to send it via a gateway. and not send all traffic to that ip. I'm still abit new to opnsense. Here is the cisco config they provided.

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Dit is een voorbeeldconfig voor Cisco routers met IOS 12.x. en hoger waarbij GigabitEthernet1/0 is gekoppeld aan het interne netwerk en GigabitEthernet0/0 aan poort van de EVPN node van KPN. Aan deze config kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend.
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!
Interface GigabitEthernet1/0
description connection to internal network
ip address 31.149.xx.xx 255.255.255.248
no cdp enable
ip verify unicast reverse-path
no ip redirects
speed 1000
full-duplex
no shutdown
!
Interface GigabitEthernet0/0
description connection to KPN / CapID : CIN71206
ip address 145.54.xx.xx 255.255.255.252
no cdp enable
no ip directed-broadcast
speed 1000
full-duplex
no shutdown
!
no service finger
no service udp-small-servers
no service tcp-small-servers
no ip source-route
ip subnet-zero
ip classless
ip cef
ip name-server 194.151.228.18
ip name-server 194.151.228.34
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 145.54.xx.xx
!

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Create a gateway with that IP address. Create default route to that gateway. It's just one more layer of abstraction enabling to give the gateway IP addresses meaningful names.

[iekozz]

Create a gateway with that IP address. Create default route to that gateway. It's just one more layer of abstraction enabling to give the gateway IP addresses meaningful names.

What should I enter at the network address? I've tried various variations of  0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 but it won't let me save it. Always get a 'Specify a valid network matching the gateways ip protocol.' error.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

0.0.0.0/0 or set that gateway as the upstream gateway in the WAN interface configuration. That means "default route".

[iekozz]

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but i'm still getting no internet from the static wan side.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Can you ping the gateway .229 from your OPNsense? If not you need to contact your ISP about the correct configuration.

HTH,
Patrick

[Demusman]

Just to point out.... When you mask the first 2 octets in one post, then mask the last 2 octets in another, it's pretty easy to put them together.  ;)

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Public IP addresses are not security relevant information. If they are, something is severely wrong.  ;)

[iekozz]

Can you ping the gateway .229 from your OPNsense? If not you need to contact your ISP about the correct configuration.

HTH,
Patrick

No, I cannot ping the .229 gateway

Just to point out.... When you mask the first 2 octets in one post, then mask the last 2 octets in another, it's pretty easy to put them together.  ;)

Yep, just realized that. Oh well.