No internet after WAN change

[tl5k5]

It will ping the opnsense short name, but not its FQDN.

EDIT:
I just noticed my ipv4 Gateway WANGW is unknown.  The WAN_DHCP6 gateway is online.

[marjohn56]

Just ignore ipv6 for now, let's get IPv4 sorted first. What to you mean short name?


Can you ping dns.google.com and get a response?


Can you ping 8.8.8.8 and get a response?

[tl5k5]

I've made some progress by testing different settings and resetting to default if opnsense stops giving access.
I'll report back my findings when if I get this fixed or if I need more help.

Thanks!

[tl5k5]

Ok...took me longer than I thought since I was pulled into a conference call and I had to backtrack.

Here's how I fixed it:
Interfaces/WAN/Static IPv4 Config/IPv4 Upstream GW
Set to the actual static GW even though the Info text says:
"For a single WAN interfaces a gateway must be created but set to auto-detect."

Someone needs to fix this!  This killed a whole day of my time!   

@marjohn56 Thank you for all your effort!

[marjohn56]

It says "If this interface is a muti-WAN interface, select an existing gateway from the list or add a new one using the button above. For single WAN interfaces a gateway must be created but set to auto-detect. For a LAN a gateway is not necessary to be set up."


Which to me means click the '+' Button to create the gateway, auto-select is already set for you. However I suppose it's a tad ambiguous.

[tl5k5]

That is exactly what I did.  I created the WAN Gateway manually and set it to Auto as the info states.  This would not work.
I had to select the GW, not auto, to get internet connectivity on the LAN.

[marjohn56]

OK, I'll check that out and raise an issue if i can replicate it.

[tl5k5]

I'm curious if you were able to reproduce the issue.

Thanks!

[marjohn56]

I'd forgotten actually, too many things going on.


However, I just factory reset my test router, did a default set up from console. Then I went into the WAN interface, changed it to static, set an address and mask and then added a gateway, set up monitoring on the gateway and tested connectivity and all is good. In fact I'm replying via that router now. I'm unable to replicate the issue you had.