How do I set a gateway on my WAN if it is set to Manual?

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Hello,

What I would like to know is how do I set up a default gateway for a WAN that is manual (Static IP?)

I know you can go to route --> Static route and just add that as a default route for everything outgoing.

However is there a way to set it as let's say PPPOE ? Where we can assign a default gateway?

ede_pfauAnswer

SuperUser

Nobody is reading the original post...he's got a STATIC WAN IP. Not PPPoE or DHCP.

Answer: in this case you specify a STATIC route to "0.0.0.0/0" via your ISP's gateway address explicitly. This address should be known to you. There is no way to query it - only DHCP and PPPoE protocols do that and are supported in FortiOS.

vjoshi_FTNT

Staff

Hello,

What kind of WAN connection you have?

- Do you have the details of the default gateway from the ISP or it is dynamic?

May I know the actual requirement?

gschmitt

New Member

adonisd wrote:
Where we can assign a default gateway?

The term "default gateway" is just a nice way of saying a "0.0.0.0/0 route in case everything else fails"

A static route pointing to your Gateway in wan1 is the same as the automatically added route for PPPoE

The issue with PPPoE is just that in many countries those connections have dynamic IPs hence a static route would not work

vjoshi_FTNT

Staff

Also, there is an option under interface settings to fetch the default gateway dynamically:

config system interface

edit <interface_name>

set mode pppoe

set defaultgw enable ----->>>> this command does the trick

end

ede_pfauAnswer

SuperUser

Nobody is reading the original post...he's got a STATIC WAN IP. Not PPPoE or DHCP.

Answer: in this case you specify a STATIC route to "0.0.0.0/0" via your ISP's gateway address explicitly. This address should be known to you. There is no way to query it - only DHCP and PPPoE protocols do that and are supported in FortiOS.

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