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    Problem with static WAN

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      GuyVV
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      First of all: I'm a complete newbie on firewalls.
      I have now installed pfsense on a Netgate XG-1537, but I have a question about it: we have a fixed IP address with our ISP (XX.XX.XX.XXX), but when I try to configure the WAN as 'static' I can only reach Google websites. When I configure the WAN as 'DHCP' all internet traffic succeeds. What's the problem?

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        viragomann @GuyVV
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        When you did static configuration, did you set DNS servers in System > General?

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          GuyVV
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          Yes, but I used the Google DNS servers (8.8.8.8 - 8.8.4.4)

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Are you setting a very large subnet mask when configuring it as static? The ISP should have provided that information to you.

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