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| Description | This article describes why FortiGate is unable to connect FortiGuard servers after upgrading the firmware version. | 
| Scope | FortiGate. | 
| Solution |  The following error appears under Dashboard -> Status -> Licenses: 
 
 The same message is also shown under System -> FortiGuard -> FortiGuard Updates as below: 
 The update debug shows 'Failed getting wan ip' as below: do_setup[344]-Failed setup do_update[632]-UPDATE failed do_check_wanip[787]-Failed getting wan ip 
 The issue is due to the 'cloud-communication' and 'include-default-servers' being disabled in the previous firmware version, and it must be enabled to let FortiGate communicate with FortiGuard located on the internet cloud. config system global config system central-management 
 Scenario 2. 
 The below logs in Debugs in the case of the PPPoE WAN interface, along with failed to get WAN IP. 
 
 
 
 config system interface edit <interface_name> set mtu-override enable set mtu 1300 next end 
 The following commands differ from the old version of FortiGate as of v6.2.x or v6.4.x. 
 Run the following commands: 
 diagnose debug reset diagnose debug console timestamp enable diagnose debug application update -1 diagnose debug enable execute update-now 
 Run the following for five to ten minutes, and then stop the debug and run the following commands: 
 diagnose debug disable diagnose debug reset diagnose autoupdate versions 
 Troubleshooting Tip: Unable to connect to FortiGuard servers | 
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