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      Ridgeback last edited by

      Hi,

      We have just changed over to a static wan configuration supplied by Virgin Media with a block of 5 IPs.

      Everything (Web server, Email Server, A lot of other port forwarding fro devices, etc) was working fine before moving to static IPs.

      I have input all the required information to access the WAN but I can't connect to anything WAN side from my LAN Clients. Also I cannot connect to the LAN side mail server and web server from the WAN side. (I have previously configured the firewall rules for these servers and they worked fine). I know i have to update my DNS Settings which I have done with my registration provider, and have other devices working correctly on other static ip's so I must have missed a trick in pfSense

      Looking at the firewall logs, I can see that the router is being blocked by pfSense:
      IF: WAN, Source: 82.35.xxx.137, Destination: 224.0.0.1
      IF: WAN, Source: 192.168.0.1, Destination: 224.0.0.1

      I have no outbound restrictions configured.

      I hope someone out there has some bright ideas.

      Thanks,

      RB

      INFO BELOW:

      Details of Connection:

      Static IP: 82.35.xxx.138

      Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248

      DNS Server 1: 194.168.4.123
      DNS Server 1: 194.168.8.123

      Admin IP address of Virgin SuperHub is 192.168.0.1 (This is on the WAN side of pfSense but worked this way before when I was on Dynamic WAN IP)

      psSense version: 2.1- Release (i386)

      The Placement is: WWW <-> Virgin Modem <->Static WAN IP 1: pfSense <-> LAN
                                                                        <->Static WAN IP 2: Another Device
                                                                        <->Static WAN IP X: Etc

      I have configured pf sense as follows:

      1: System > Routing > Edit Gateway:

      • Interface: WAN

      • Address Family: IPv4

      • Name: Virgin Broadband

      • Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      • Default Gateway: Yep

      2: Interfaces > WAN:

      • IPv4 Configuration Type: Static IPv4

      • IPv4 Address: 82.35.xxx.138/32

      • Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      • Block Private Networks: Yep

      • Block Bogon Networks: Yep

      3: System > General Setup:

      • DNS Server: 194.168.4.123 - Use Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      • DNS Server: 194.168.4.123 - Use Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      • DNS Server: 8.8.8.8 - Use Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

      • DNS Server: 8.8.4.4 - Use Gateway: 82.35.xxx.137

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        Ridgeback last edited by

        DOH! I just noticed:

        Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248

        IPv4 Address: 82.35.xxx.138/32

        Changed it to: 82.35.xxx.138/29

        … and we're all good.

        #somtimes you have to write it out to see it  ;D

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          huwjr last edited by

          Hey Ridgeback,

          Are you on a business or residential line?

          Can you tell me how you have your Superhub configured for this to work?

          We recently had the SuperHub firmware updated and this included the modem-mode feature which has been long awaited by us but am unable to get it working with (or without) our static ip addresses.

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            AcidzDesigns last edited by

            Hi

            I know this topic is quite old and hoping that you are still active on this forum. Was provided with a block of IP's from Virgin but I can not get access to the internet. wondering if you could provide some assistance on it.

            Thanks

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            • stephenw10
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

              Anything that might have applied in 2014 could easily have changed by now.
              Please continue in the other thread:
              https://forum.netgate.com/topic/165988/vmb-500-5-static-ip-setup

              Steve

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