[solved]package install - no route to host

[oldfart]

V.2.4.5 trying to install pfBlockerNG-devel

Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 10 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
	pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel: 2.2.5_32 [pfSense]
	lighttpd: 1.4.54 [pfSense]
	lua52: 5.2.4 [pfSense]
	jq: 1.6 [pfSense]
	whois: 5.2.17 [pfSense]
	py37-maxminddb: 1.4.1_1 [pfSense]
	libmaxminddb: 1.4.2 [pfSense]
	iprange: 1.0.4 [pfSense]
	grepcidr: 2.0 [pfSense]
	py37-sqlite3: 3.7.7_7 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 10

The process will require 9 MiB more space.
903 KiB to be downloaded.
[1/9] Fetching lighttpd-1.4.54.txz: .......... done
pkg-static: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_4_5_amd64-pfSense_v2_4_5/All/lua52-5.2.4.txz: No route to host
Failed

pfSense can ping external hosts and is correctly resolving domain names
There is a default gateway configured
from terminal - pkg update completes correctly

[kiokoman]

System / Advanced / Networking
-> Prefer to use IPv4 even if IPv6 is available

from terminal
pkg-static -4 install pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel

[oldfart]

was a routing problem - traceroute files00.netgate.com failed.
put NAT on automatic (was manual) and solved - now need to find out exactly where the problem is!